[ubuntu-uk] BBC and open formats??

[tim matthews]

well, I don't agree with their conservative view of what the "market" is.

typical BBC, very, very conservative.

Pete Ryland wrote:
> On 03/11/06, tim matthews <tim at tui.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> well .. I've done this before.
>>
>> While living in Holland, I set up an ogg stream for Radio 1 from the
>> NOS. Like the BBC, the NOS is a total Microsoft shop.
>>     
>
> I'm sorry, this is bunk.  The BBC is not a total Microsoft shop.  They
> are doing *lots* of stuff with Linux and other Open Source/Free
> Software.  One of theirs even did a talk at GLLUG recently!  The
> problem with the streams is that from their point of view, they are
> covering the whole market because you can download (proprietary)
> codecs/players for Real and WMA for any operating system.  In their
> mind, we have made an operating system choice of "Linux" rather than a
> more fundamental choice of "Free Software".  They are a business after
> all, so the powers that be are likely not to approve spending
> resources just to satisfy some "bunch of hippies and their demands".
>
> Pete
>
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