Am I missing something about the link Rik posted earlier re this show?
Is there soemthing to download or view? I may have adblocked so much
stuff with frefox that i am missing something on the page?

The url was http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickpage.asp?pageid=2783

but all i see there in terms of content is:

"The Code Breakers

Microsoft has dominated the world of computing for many years, with its
heavily guarded ‘code’ being beyond reach to many in the developing
nations. In some of the poorest countries the cost of upgrading an
operating system to keep up with the rest o fthe world amounts to a
year's wages, and there are few legitimate options. In Thailand for
example, 95 percent of software on computers is pirated. The poorest
countries are now beginning to use free or open source software (FOSS),
a software that parallels many of Microsoft's programmes but with the
major difference being that they are distributed free of charge and can
be altered by computer programmers who are allowed unfettered access to
the 'source code'. In this two-part documentary, Code Breakers includes
stories and interviews from around the world where FOSS is making an
impact, from disaster management in Sri Lanka to tortoise breeding
programmes in the Galapagos."


But no link to an actual show.


On Fri, 12 May 2006 11:05:00 +1200
Ross Drummond wrote:

> I had a sly grin at Richerd Stallmans little *nix joke.
> 
> <quotation mode=parphrasing>
> Free open source software has four freedooms;
> 
> Freedoom 0 .............,
> 
> Freedoom 1 .............,
> 
> Freedoom 2............., and
> 
> Freedoom 3..............
> 
> </quotation>
> 
> Cheers Ross Drummond

-- 
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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