alan c wrote: > mac wrote: >> Dave Walker wrote: >>> And for those that missed it, myself included: >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/ >> >> Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open >> Source' (=pragmatic - better ways to make money and advance corporate >> interests) and Free Software (=principled - about ensuring individual >> freedom and enabling sharing communities). >> >> I found it telling that the BBC programme did not once mention either >> Stallman, GNU, or the Free Software Foundation, despite lengthy >> discussion of Linux and Torvalds. >> >> A shame that it omitted half of the story. But then, I suppose, if you >> construe democracy as a better way to do shopping, as the programme >> seemed to want to do, it's hardly surprising you find Stallman inconvenient. > > Some contact with bbc feedback is called for?
I have sent a new item to the Science BBC Message boards: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio4/F2766778?thread=6637542 if it receives a number of supporting comments, all the better..... -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
