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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
