Re: [Fsfe-uk] BBC's DRM Iplayer windows only

[Jon Grant]

Hey,

[...]
> I thought this was poor response, with the Government doing nothing more
> than stating the Trust's pre-petition stance?

That's my interpretation as well.

> Either way, if the Beeb intend to widen the range of OS it runs on then
> they presumably have a plan.  Have they publicised any bits of that,
> e.g. what third-party bits of software have they commissioned be ported,
> what other bits are they relying on the third-party to decide to port
> and have no direct control over whether that happens, what's the current
> rough estimates for these.

Wonder if BBC plan is to run something on top of MS's Silverlight (might 
have read this somewhere already).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverlight

http://silverlight.net/

I guess the BBC would have no quarrels with a proprietary linux 
application to fulfil their requirement set down by the Trust. Would be 
better if they were obliged to use open standards and free software to 
achieve cross-platform compatibility.

Cheers
Jon
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