On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Richard Edwards wrote:
I somewhat agree. I am not a programmer but I watch the mails here for a clue
as to where people want things to go. The BBC have incredible resources yet
there seems to be more innovation of the Apple Discussions board. As an
example, this week Sky News re-launched, even as a normal event there should
be a complete re-design of the BBC news site by now.
Eh? Why would Sky News being re-launched (which was such massive news in
and of itself that this was the first I'd heard of it!) cause a complete
redesign of the BBC news website? I can imagine it working the other way
round, but why would a leading UK web news service change its distinctive
look-n-feel just because a wannabe has tried to rebrand itself?
As Duncan says, it is a two way street here. My thing is music, but I see
Backstage as a programmers BBC3...... I think it should be serious, and
therefore needs it's own copyright contract and possibly some kind of fee
structure for both sides.
Oh no! That sounds like it will just drift down the commercial route.
Those of us who just want to play with BBC services and scratch a
developmental itch will be back to square one. If folk want
money-exchanging-contracts with the BBC, please do it in smoke filled
rooms and not on backstage.
As for the bursty nature of this mailing list, it probably depends on many
factors, including (but not limited to) folks' free time, competition dead
lines, sudden bouts of ideas and folk bouncing new ideas off each other.
I don't think we've seen a "killer app" yet that creates a constant
background of postings.
Jim'll
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