As a tax payer I do expect to have access to the content I am in part paying for. The BBC in various areas supports and indeed works on open standards so why they should consider a closed format for this is beyond me.<br>
<br>I didn't appreciate the tone of your original email, perhaps you might consider replying in future in a more constructive way with reasoned arguments.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/07/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Adam Armstrong</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@memetic.org">lists@memetic.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Steve Tickle wrote:<br>> On Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:23:43, Adam Armstrong <<a href="mailto:lists@memetic.org">lists@memetic.org</a>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>>> It doesn't discriminate against anyone, fuck off.
<br>>><br>>> You discriminate aganist the world for expecting everyone to suck<br>>> your cock because you insist on using a different OS than everyone else.<br>><br>> Oh by the way, I made two statements and never once made any
<br>> suggestion that others should (or indeed should not) sign the<br>> petition. So maybe you ought to learn to read properly before jumping<br>> on to your high horse.<br>You claimed that the BBC was discriminating against you because you run
<br>$nonstandard_os.<br><br>The BBC is not discriminating against you, they've merely made a very<br>sensible commercial decision not to support your choice of operating<br>system. Much like they don't support the Amiga, OpenBSD, Solaris,
<br>Commodore 64 or Oric Atmos.<br><br>You speak as if you deserve, nay, that it is your inate right to have<br>access to the content on any platform you so chose. The BBC have chosen<br>Windows has the logical platform to supply the content on, as it hits
<br>the widest possible audience.<br><br>Just because you make non-standard choices, doesn't mean the world has<br>to bend to meet you. Such arguments are why people hate Unix/Mac users.<br>You have no rights. Once it's beneficial for people to care about you,
<br>they will. Until then, you're the outsider. Live with it.<br><br>adam.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Sderby mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk">Sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk
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