2008/10/27 Rob Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "In the summer of 2007, freetards (me too), the OSC and others were > calling for the BBC to make iPlayer cross-platform > ... > Cross-platform support has always been a source of grief" > > The BBC's insistence that this is the problem rather than their use of > licence-fee-payers money to lock people in to proprietary standards > and exclude free platforms is getting more and more shrill. > > Breaking your public's devices one platform at a time really is not an > achievement, no matter how interesting a technical problem it is for > the Beeb's geeks or how strong their new leader's RDF is. > > - Rob. > - > Eh - I don't think you read far enough:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/10/history_of_the_bbc_redux_proje.html > We needed a different approach, to divorce our content production from > delivery format and method - something quickly adaptable to new devices and > the unmentionable "C word": convergence. [2] I'm not sure how you read this - but the way I read it, this isn't about technical solutions, instead it's about a "different approach" in terms of philosophy. The goal being: > Redux was built to support the rapid development of new services and was > designed to scale in many directions. With a view to: > The aim remains - people can choose their player; we don't need to care. So religious on the production, agnostic on the technology. -- Michael Walsh Mobile: +44-(0)771-2524200 Mobile: +353-(0)85-1278212 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.digitalrightsmanifesto.com Blog: http://digitalrightsmanifesto.wordpress.com
