No linux users wont be catered for, but youre not paying c4/sky for something you cant use, you are with the beeb
On 11/04/2008, Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
