[Sussex] BBC and Microsoft sign agreement

[Gavin Stevens]

Andrew,

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:12:22 +0100
Andrew Guard <andrew at andrewguard.com> wrote:

> I must of missed that story when BBC have been in talks with open
> source projects.
> 
> Fixed up!
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5390000.stm
> 
> -- 
Below is a copy of a comment I made to the BBC about this news item:

"I read with interest the item telling of the BBC's agreement with
Microsoft.

I am more than a little concerned about this, especially as the BBC
operates some Open Source software projects.

Also, as I choose not to use Microsoft's "Windows" operating system, I
hope that this agreement will not lead to a situation where those who
use other operating systems (GNU/Linux in my case) will find themselves
either excluded from or having a diminished experience of the BBC
website.

Such a situation (hypothetical at the moment, I realise) would surely
run counter to the BBC's commitment to provide media that everyone can
access?"

Gavin.