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Re: [LUG] BBC IPlayer - A U-Turn ?

 

On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 08:36 +0100, Viv wrote:
> It seems that now we will be getting access to BBC IPLayer if we want it
> (by the end of the year) !
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7045123.stm
> 
> Does this mean that the "minority" MAC and Linux users are now numerous
> enough that the big corporations are taking notice of us ?

Is not the "open standard" MPEG4? If so, this agreement is still
pandering to the proprietary players. Surely the BBC could have insisted
on ISO standards and the MSs and Adobes of the world would have to
follow. Is Flash somehow better than MPEG4?

-- 
james kilty
http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk


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