Maybe it's the secret iPlayer-for-Linux-and-Mac-users dev project! > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Belam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 March 2007 09:27 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] UK trumps Europe on Linux streaming > > <devils advocate> > Wow, what an excellent use of council tax payers money. > > I mean, firstly nobody else has developed any kind of > streaming video system, so I'm glad they spent 18 months > building it themselves. > > And the potential user base is, what, the >1% of people in > the UK with computers that run Linux, provided they also live > in Waverley, and want to stream video of their local council meetings. > > I wonder what the cost per user is? > > Perhaps we can get together and do a FOI request on the > council to find out? > </devils advocate> > > > > m > > > > > > > > > > On 02/03/07, Glyn Wintle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286141,00.htm > > > > When the European Commission launched a streaming video > service last > > year which excluded Linux users, large swathes of the open source > > community became deeply angry. Now, a Surrey local council > has shown > > that open source operating systems can be included in such > programmes. > > > > ...a local council in Surrey has developed a streaming project over > > the last 18 months. And unlike the Commission's project, developers > > behind the UK version have made their service available to Linux > > users. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________ > > Looking for earth-friendly autos? > > Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. > > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > -- > Martin Belam - http://www.currybet.net > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
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