This is BBC Click Tech Program http://www.bbcworld.com/click/
You can see striming video from "click" homepage Here is Video Archive http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=18&FeatureID=28 {{{ -------- May 10th - We travelled to South Africa to see how this country of contrasts is facing a technological future with ingenuity. Click 10/05/07 -----------}}} see what Mark S' Says about ubuntu :) I will try to uplode this prog'vdo to my youtube http://www.youtube.com/medarklord Darklord (:= wrote: > > Main: > http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=18&FeatureID=201 > > Found from here: > > http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeMultiFeature.aspx?id=18 > > > Ubuntu > Microsoft are well-known for providing heavily subsidised versions of > their software for use in the developing world, but for a society > where any money is best spent on basics, software that's completely > free is a bonus. > > SHOWING TIMES > > Thursday 19:30 GMT > Repeated: Friday 09:30, Saturdays 06:30, Mondays 15:30, Tuesdays 01:30 > (not Asia Pacific/Sth Asia) & 07:30, Wednesday 12:30 (Asia Pacific > only) GMT > > > Ubuntu is a version of the free open source operating system Linux. > Developed by Mark Shuttleworth, it comes with a range of software, > like office programs, email, a web browser and a media player. In fact > Intel is working with the Ubuntu community to develop a version of the > OS for mobile devices. > > Shuttleworth told us why he'd decided to adopt Ubuntu: > > "I fund Ubuntu because you can create businesses using Linux in South > Afica, which I didn't think it was possible to create with proprietary > alternatives. [The] infrastructure [here is] not network-centric > enough, not reliable enough. > > "I'm a geek. What if I could bring software to a much wider audience? > To everyone. To do this we needed to make Linux easy to use, a > pleasure to use." > > Linux has a reputation, though of not being that easy to use. > Shuttleworth disagrees. > > "In many cases it's because you've got people trying to do complicated > things. > > "Let's not beat up on Linux. It is in fact very easy to use, > especially if you've never used anything else. We've seen great > results in Brazil, for example, where huge deployments of Linux have > been done in schools and in community centres. It's people's first > experience in technology and they love it. They very quickly figure > out how to do the things that they're interested in doing." > > In order to make Ubuntu more user friendly they have introduced "more > everyday processes, extending battery life for laptops, being smarter > about wireless networking. Give people a very smooth user-type > experience. We aim to be between Mac and Windows the best of both > worlds, freely available globally." >
