____/ Homer on Monday 14 April 2008 23:08 : \____
> Good riddance:
>
> [quote]
> Ashley Highfield, the BBC's chief technology executive, is to quit the
> corporation to take the helm at Project Kangaroo, the cross-broadcaster
> internet TV venture.
>
> It turns out that his "get stuffed" to ISPs is a parting shot of his
> reign as director of future media and technology.
>
> [...]
>
> Highfield will take the lessons of iPlayer's lengthy and wasteful
> development into his new job. The BBC project was saved last year by a
> series of high-profile hires who have been instrumental in its
> resurgence since the launch of the web streaming version. The new guard
> include former Microsoft man Erik Huggers, and Anthony Rose, who was
> brought in from KaZaa.
>
> Huggers is being touted as a possible successor.
> [/quote]
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/highfield_quits_bbc/
>
> Huggers can "get stuffed" too. Hopefully he and the rest of the Vole's
> goons will be next.
Maybe they just kicked him out and maybe it's was proactive.
Erik Huggers needs to go back to the grilling chair in the EU (he was part of
the Windows media player antitrust) after spending so much tax money on lockin
for his former employer.
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