tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1676115088779902889..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: BBC's Slap in the Face of FreedomGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-72141163257309999962007-06-27T18:02:00.000+00:002007-06-27T18:02:00.000+00:00Yikes - it's happening even faster than I feared.....Yikes - it's happening even faster than I feared....<BR/><BR/>Thanks for that worrying info.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-40057947567608686712007-06-27T17:24:00.000+00:002007-06-27T17:24:00.000+00:00Interesting pattern: the CEO of the Finnish Broadc...Interesting pattern: the CEO of the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation (http://yle.fi/) is also formerly employed by Microsoft, and they, too, seem to be moving towards a pure-Windows solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-56829994288844471232007-06-27T16:15:00.000+00:002007-06-27T16:15:00.000+00:00Thanks for the inside information.Even if the BBC ...Thanks for the inside information.<BR/><BR/>Even if the BBC does have plans for other platforms (which I'm just about prepared to accept) it really doesn't matter in practical terms.<BR/><BR/>As we know, first-mover advantage in this market is immense: if the iPlayer becomes established as a Windows-only system, it will encourage other broadcasters to follow suit.<BR/><BR/>By the time other platforms arrive, Microsoft's DRM will be the de facto standard. Worse, the idea that DRM is absolutely necessary - something that the music industry has finally realised is not the case - will also have been set in stone.<BR/><BR/>That's why, in my view, the iPlayer in its present form, is doubly a mistake.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-62870028536209951272007-06-27T16:01:00.000+00:002007-06-27T16:01:00.000+00:00I actually had a talk with a BBC guy yesterday and...I actually had a talk with a BBC guy yesterday and he really assured me that the idea behind the iPlayer has always been to do an incremental release, starting with Windows. As this system really focusses on everyone they will HAVE to go for a multiplatform tool but they first want to prove the project on windows. I am a Mac user, so I am a bit sad. But in the end the important question is how many months/years it will take them to go to Mac and LinuxCristiano Bettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719202931388571031noreply@blogger.com