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Ben Goodger wrote:
>
> <bbc> What you're forgetting is that Linux is not used by anyone except
> uber-geeks, and for that reason it's fine to ignore it utterly, even
> down to using Realplayer for streaming media.</bbc>
>
> No, they're not, but for the average UK tv-license-payer, you mustn't
> forget that Windows is a part of the computer, as is AOL. A Mac is the
> only even vaguely applicable alternative for them ("what's this colonel
> thing?!")
The BBC have shown reasonable support for open-source in the past ( i
forget specific examples but remember reading something about they
consider open source within the scope of the TV icence agreement )and i
believe they use apache for much of their web content serving. There was
an entry on one of the bbc guys blog about the streaming content and the
argument was they use realmedia as it can be viewed on the widest number
of platforms (as realplayer is available for mac and linux as well) (as
well as helixplayer an opensource alternative to real player). So i
think the BBC are trying.
Articles like this are spun for the mass readership who see to many
"computer" type words and go somewhere else. Its typical of the media
these days. Cut out the details and depth cause that bores people.
Robin
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