Is there a good reason that my posting on the http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/open_standards.html page has not appeared.
On 06/11/2007, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The whole Linux thing is a total red herring. > > It is not for you, Mr Highfield, to determine what computers and operating > systems that people who HAVE to pay the TV Licence will use. > > The BBC Charter runs for ten years. Can you really say you know what OS > and platforms people will be using in a decade? > > That's a retorical "no" by the way. > > The sad, sad part of the whole debate is not the cross-platform issue, but > the throwing away of the BBC's unique funding method. > > If you HAD not wasted time and effort on "snake oil" DRM solutions, and > sorted out with the rights holders to get as much content onine as possible, > then there would be a clear polticial argument to shift the BBC Licence Fee > from a charge on homes with TV sets to homes with Broadband. > > (This is possible, the Archers is a podcast, EastEnders could be a > VODcast) > > You could even save the costs of collections by getting the ISPs to > collect the fee for you. > > But the path you have chosen is simply going to wreck the BBC on the > shores of advertising and subscription. > > You have made a critical mistake, Mr Highfield, much like Mark Thompson > made at Channel 4. > > DRM = RIP BBC > > > On 06/11/2007, Kevin Hinde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > BT Tech Chief: You freetards *do* matter > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/open_standards.html > > > > > > -- > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > Brian Butterworth > www.ukfree.tv -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
