On 16/08/07, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 16/08/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does iPlayer contain Silverlight? I've not seen anything to suggest it > does. > > It might not today, but its very clear what Microsoft's web-video strategy > is. > > There was an article in The Register today about this: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/16/silverlight_iplayer_playready/ > > > What the hell does all this matter anyhow, there is no lock in. The tech > is > > just being used to deliver the content as per spec, which it seems to be > > doing. Nothing is stopping the BBC ditching MS products for iPlayer at > any > > time with a simple (automatically installed?) patch, right? > > No lock in? Nothing stopping the BBC ditching MS products? Let's see > an iPlayer that is free software then please.
I guess the idea is Microsoft use the BBC content (that created from licence fees) and use it to leverage their PlayReady system on multiple platforms, so the BBC can claim that the system is cross-platform, whereas people are actually asking for something that isn't owned by Bill Gates' company... -- > Regards, > Dave > - > 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/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
