On 20/11/2007, Nick Reynolds-A&Mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And the BBC MUST be popular - otherwise no licence fee >
Indeed, that is the point. Getting stuck in today's popular technology and tomorrow's *un*popular technology is the heart of the problem. ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Richard Lockwood > *Sent:* 20 November 2007 11:56 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] BBC Podcasts Including Music > > > > > > > > Forget popularity, think about principle. > > > > > > It is worth noting that often these things turn around on the head of a > > pin. If we were having this discssion in 1985, someone would have pointed > > out that "*no one ever got* *sacked for buying IBM". Everyone was > > "happy" with the popular 3270 terminals connected to proriatory mainframes. > > * > > ** > > *Then came the minicomputer running Unix with RAID disks and VT220 > > terminals.* > > ** > > *There are plenty of other examples of this. Dave is 100% correct to > > say that being popular today is a poor way of determining the future.* > > ** > > > > No. Being popular is not *a poor way* of determining the future. Being > popular is *not necessarily a good way* of determining the future. These > are not the same thing. In Davetopia everything is black and white > - popular = bad. In the real world, things are less clear cut. Popular has > no place on the scale between good and bad. > > Rich. > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
