Yes Nick, that reminded me of Toyota "aiming" for zero emissions, wonder if they'll hit it this year (joke).
DRM on Mac means Fairplay, so the announcement really should be "no download support for GNU/Linux actually planned or possible since our proprietary software DRM partners make mutually incompatible solutions, none of which work over GNU/Linux". Mr. Thompson's blog post was I felt well-reasoned and well written, although I wouldn't agree that the BBC should throw up its hands and give up just because its partners don't support standards. I also disagree with the assessment that is less expensive to go proprietary for 90% of the online viewership; I believe it would be far less expensive to go open-standards for 100% of the viewership. Of course, DRM messes up that scenario, which is why a non-DRM solution needs to be found, such as Dirac with watermarking in a branded player. He also didn't touch upon on the ISP/bandwidth/controlled P2P issue which is a major component of the Windows-only download client, over which he was questioned at that same HoC hearing. I wonder what the plan is in that department for Mac? Sean. - 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]/
