On 15 Apr 2008, at 05:41, Brian Butterworth wrote:
Oh right, you mean like this...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/14/bbc.digitalmedia1
"The former Microsoft executive Erik Huggers"
Give the guy a break - so, he worked for Microsoft in the past.
Let's assume for a moment that his joining the BBC was based on his
merits - and not some lizard-controlled Illuminati plot to make
Windows take over the world - and he might, just might, have learnt a
thing or two about delivering projects despite messy internal politics
after spending nine years at Microsoft. Given the history of the
projects so far, I'd suggest those are skills that the BBC could use
now and again.
If he still owns stock or has some other conflict of interest, that
would be one thing. But to relentlessly slag him off because of who
he worked for in the past is simplistic at best, and plays right into
the hands of those who dismiss the whole topic of interoperability as
muesli-crunching irrelevance at worst. Personally, I think some of
the decisions that have been taken in the past have sucked. But I
don't see how this kind of ad hominem abuse is going to help persuade
people that there is a better way of doing things.
</rant>
