Re: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-30 Thread Gordon Joly
At 04:02 + 30/11/06, Frank Wales wrote: On 11/29/2006 04:22 PM, Matthew Cashmore wrote: Only the BBC would be having a conversation about it's Chairman having to code Perl to get the job... Over at ITV they're talking Ruby, Ruby? At ITV? What? [checks immediate surroundings for

[backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-29 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Martin Belam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ian, why don't you apply for the job of Chairman of the BBC? I think the Chairman is more of a strategic hands-off job, and I'm sure Ian would miss getting his hands dirty with widget code :-) Surely, the Chairman decides what he can do. I see no

Re: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-29 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well I don't know about Chairman. I wouldn't hack perl, xsl yes - perl no ;) But seriously, thanks for thinking of me for the position :) I was only half joking. Clearly we have a monopoly on the vision thing right now. -- Nic Ferrier

RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-29 Thread Andrew Bowden
Surely, the Chairman decides what he can do. I see no reason at all why the Chairman couldn't hack perl. It's just that most Chairman don't. Well the BBC Chair of the Governers role (soon to be in charge of the BBC Trust - more arms length from the BBC) doesn't - I believe - specify Perl

RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-29 Thread Matthew Cashmore
Rewrite MHEG as OpenTV... Silly me m -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Cashmore Sent: 29 November 2006 16:22 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king Only the BBC would be having

Re: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-29 Thread Frank Wales
On 11/29/2006 04:22 PM, Matthew Cashmore wrote: Only the BBC would be having a conversation about it's Chairman having to code Perl to get the job... Over at ITV they're talking Ruby, Ruby? At ITV? What? [checks immediate surroundings for signs of severe reality distortion] If the BBC

Re: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king

2006-11-29 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ruby? At ITV? What? [checks immediate surroundings for signs of severe reality distortion] If the BBC required senior management to possess practical perl prowess, ITV would surely demand rock'n'roll, drag'n'plop PowerPoint skilz, so they can