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Robin Cornelius wrote:
> 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
>
Yeah it's a shame that isn't it. Aren't they working on an Open Source
video codec?
Still eventually we may see the BBC News reporting on Linux as an
alternative. I bet the people in the news room have Macs on their desks!
Rob
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