On 29/10/2007, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, from the latest podcast just uploaded...
3 minutes in and the guy speaking has already made a mistake or is trying to mislead. Incremental role out across platforms does not, can not and will not work. Has anyone here heard of something called email? Oh you have have you? Well that works cross platform, guess how that was made cross platform? well the IETF did something exceptionally simple they posted the spec on a web site. Works for TCP/IP itself. Works for HTTP. Works for pretty much all protocols. iPlayer could also have been implemented in a cross platform VM. How much would it have cost to implement in Java or Python? How much would it have cost to write or extend written standards? And now the nice guy from the BBC is being dishonest again. Apparently this site does not exist: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openipmp neither does Java DReaM. There are open source DRM implementations. Do NOT lie and say that something does not exist when it very clearly does. Further dishonesty about DRM not possibly being open source. Go ask a security expert, how about Bruce Schneier, whether proprietary algorithms are more secure. They are not. In fact opinion from most security researchers indicate the opposite is true. In fact here is a quote from arguably the most respected security expert: > Any company that won't discuss its algorithms or protocols has something to > hide. > There's no other possible reason. <http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9902.html#snakeoil> Can you please send a copy of your feasibility study, including costing, and the iPlayer development documentation including algorithm, protocol and file specifications. Could you also include iPlayer's spurce code. Thanks. You can use this email address: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - 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/
