Hi James, On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:46:39PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: > > > >> The BBC is a socialist "corporation" - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW.
[...] > >> With no financial incentives, they won't do anything. > > > > So by this logic, Channel 4's and Sky's video on demand should > > better cater to Linux users since these profit-driven entities will > > be required to chase the penguin pound, right? > > > > ..right? > > Not really, as the cost of porting all the DRM stuff (which at present > needs windows media player) to linux would be far to high, they wont > bother as the cost of making it available will be several times the > capital they will recieve back from us lot using it. ..which sounds like exactly the sort of situation that one would want a socialist institution then. You were complaining that the BBC would never cater to Linux people because they were socialist and lacked the capitalist incentives. Now you are saying that commercial entities also lack the incentives. Can you really have it both ways? Or is it your argument that Linux users can expect to never be catered for by either type of organisation? Cheers, Andy
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