[Gllug] The BBC and Microsoft.

[Dan Kolb]

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On Sunday 28 Oct 2001 11:00 am, Alain Williams wrote:
> Great idea. I would be interested in putting some time to this, anyone else
> ?

Go on, then. I'd be interested too.

I'm not sure what was meant by 'computer construction' - was it just what's 
inside the computer, or how to build your own one ("and here's one we built 
earlier, that actually works"). As for programming, don't forget the BBCs 
were generally programmed in BASIC - does anyone remember if the programs 
said anything about 6502 assembler programming? (come on, show your age ;-). 
I don't think a general-viewing program trying to teach C would get many 
viewers.

It's all about ratings, remember. A program full of technobabble and going 
way over people's heads wouldn't get any ratings. Likewise something that 
drags along too slowly (let's do a live televised install of RedHat) would 
also cause people to turn their TV off.

> NB: I do not thing that it would be a good idea to have people involved who
> are part of the ``slag off M$ brigade at every opportunity''. We need to be
> seen as mature and resonsible. It doesn't mean that we can't say that M$ is
> cr*p, we just need to do so in a polite and considered way.

I agree with the first two sentences. I'm not so sure about the last one - 
you may be able to infer that Microsoft is crap, but just to mention it in 
the form of "We don't have viruses. Windows has viruses because of crappy 
programming" probably wouldn't go down too well.

Just random thoughts,

Dan
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