http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-52779 mrhim Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:35:04 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/#comment-52779 it doesn't even work on all windows platforms either. can't get it to work with xp x64 it doesn’t even work on all windows platforms either.
can’t get it to work with xp x64

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-38773 University Update - DRM - BBC iPlayer must become neutral - Available for Macs and Linux Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:48:11 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/#comment-38773 [...] BBC iPlayer must become neutral - Available for Macs and Linux » This Summary is from an article posted at TECH.BLORGE.com on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 This [...] [...] BBC iPlayer must become neutral – Available for Macs and Linux » This Summary is from an article posted at TECH.BLORGE.com on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 This [...]

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-38718 Ole Juul Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:25:19 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/10/16/bbc-iplayer-must-become-neutral-available-for-macs-and-linux/#comment-38718 "I'm all for open rights on services such as this, but it's such a tiny amount of consumers being affected does it warrant the cost and productivity that would be required to solve the problem?" Yes it does. It is not important how many people are affected. The writer of the article says it clearly: "I'm all for open rights..." There are principles here. Publicly funded organizations such as the BBC simply should not be using or promoting "single source" software. Nor is there any excuse for hiring a foreign company (MS) to do the work of developing a suitable DRM. I'm sure there are plenty of competent non-foreign programmers. “I’m all for open rights on services such as this, but it’s such a tiny amount of consumers being affected does it warrant the cost and productivity that would be required to solve the problem?”
Yes it does. It is not important how many people are affected. The writer of the article says it clearly: “I’m all for open rights…” There are principles here. Publicly funded organizations such as the BBC simply should not be using or promoting “single source” software. Nor is there any excuse for hiring a foreign company (MS) to do the work of developing a suitable DRM. I’m sure there are plenty of competent non-foreign programmers.

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