"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 22 February 2008 17:29 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 22 February 2008 14:33 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> BBC partner in 'future of net TV' project
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| George Wright, executive producer of the BBC's rapid development
>>>>>unit,
>>>>>| said "We're aiming to build Mac, Windows and GNU/Linux clients, as
>>>>>well
>>>>>| as a dedicated hardware set top box client, to allow us to deliver
>>>>>the
>>>>>| core technical goals: an open standards-based 'next-generation'
>>>>>internet
>>>>>| television distribution system, using P2P and social interaction."
>>>>>|
>>>>>| [...]
>>>>>|
>>>>>| Wright, on the BBC's internet blog, emphasised that the technology
>>>>>would
>>>>>| not be replacing the iPlayer any time soon: "This isn't yet a
>>>>>project
>>>>>| that TV viewers will see and it's never going to replace the BBC's
>>>>>| consumer offerings; it's a test bed for new ideas, allowing us to
>>>>>| collaborate with colleagues across Europe, and to hone and develop
>>>>>| technology which could help shape the TV of tomorrow."
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a89772/bbc-partner-in-future-of-net-tv-project.html
>>>>>
>>>>> BBC - a little Linux compatible. Like just a little pregnant.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Presumably, this is to get the heat off the BBC, as they begin to
>>>> realise that Microsoft lied to them about providing a Linux client for
>>>> the Microsoft iPlayer...
>>>
>>> I've received some more information about this. The BBC is walking
>>> miles and
>>> miles just to pretend that it's all cuddly with 'open-source'. Those
>>> who
>>> made this mistake are in serious trouble and apparently they realise
>>> this,
>>> so don't let this fool you.
>>>
>>
>> I *know* that Microsoft will never produce a viable iPlayer, even if
>> Ashley Highfield and Eric Huggers spend yet another £130 million with
>> them, it won't work, because Microsoft will see this as shooting
>> themselves.
>>
>> Even if they were to produce some kind of player, it would be
>> binary-only, and so tied to a particular distribution, say, Novell and
>> mono, that it would be unusable. In the days before Ubuntu, they
>> might've got away with that, but no longer, I think.
>>
>> The BBC were conned.
>
> There was a headline in BoingBoing yesterday. Something like "library of
> congress sold to Microsoft for only $3 mil". No Silverlight, no national
> assets...
Like I just finished say'n. These two turds (Kent and Schestowitz) shill
each others posts in order to receive a few extra pennies from their
masters. You'd think they would be able to get a better job working at the
car wash or flippin burgers or something. I hear that even Walmart hires
retarded people to stock shelves to they might even be able to work there
if they passed one of them basic competency tests.
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