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Hi folks, As you may be aware, later this month the BBC are releasing their iPlayer which uses restricted Microsoft technologies and what do you know, ONLY works on Windows. In fact IIRC it currently doesn't run on Windows Vista either, only Windows XP! Anyway, there is a petition on line against this as you'll see below... ----- Hi all, The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to 30 days after it's aired - will be released as a Windows only application, including DRM facilities to restrict users rights, for at least the first 2 years of the service. The Open Source Consortium is running a campaign against the release of the Windows only iPlayer product - including a formal complaint to the EU on the issue. To show your support for this issue, please take a moment to sign this petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ and show your support to the OSC by posting us a message (via the Contact Us area of the website), or joining the OSC: http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/ Please feel free to forward this message to any groups or mailing lists that may be interested in our campaign. Thanks! -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html