On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:31:51 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 17 January 2008 08:03 : \____
>
>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> The point remains that Microsoft have never had any intention of
>>>> making Silverlight/iPlayer functional on anything other than Windows.
>>>> After spending £100 million of licence-fee payer's cash, even the
>>>> BBC DG was lying to MPs about this, although later claimed an
>>>> "error".
>>>
>>> Moonlight is little more than a hack on Silverlight, and will likely
>>> never have full Silverlight functionality due to licensing and patent
>>> restrictions. Therefore the possibility of implementing a version of
>>> iPlayer on GNU/Linux is very slim indeed, particularly as the Microsoft
>>> DRM infrastructure needed for the "protected" content is unlikely to
>>> ever be developed for Linux either.
>>>
>>> I found a reliable source for the £100 Million figure, by the way:
>>>
>>>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/12/20/dlbbc120.xml
>>>
>>> The "lie" that Thomson made was actually WRT the capabilites of the
>>> iPlayer "you can do that [download content] now". The lie WRT the total
>>> *cost* of iPlayer was actually made by the woman on his right (whoever
>>> she is ... I didn't catch the name). Thomson didn't deny her (false)
>>> claim though.
>>>
>>
>> Ahh, sneaky, he got a prole to lie for him. Nasty b*gger. Considering
>> that he's the DG of the BBC, and has been brought to talk about the
>> Silverlight/iPlayer, it's truly incredible that he doesn't have the
>> figures to hand, wouldn't you say? The guy should be looking for
>> another role.
>
> I hear there are many vacancies for high roles at Microsoft. The top staff has
> been quitting the company since the year began and I can't help wondering if
> this has something to do with the seemingly-infinite OOXML corruptions, the
> recent briberies, the stock buybacks, and the VP's illegal inside-trading
> activity, not to mention closure of two branches worldwide for alleged fraud
> and antitrust litigations in the EU.
>
> Oh, I went off topic there. Anyway, my point was that the DG might find those
> vacancies at Microsoft interesting.
Why?
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Kier
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