[Gllug] Maybe a BBC iPlayer for Linux after all

Caroline Ford caroline.ford.work at googlemail.com
Thu Jul 26 01:58:23 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 14:19 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/25/bbc_iplayer_linux_macosx/
> 
> "It was a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that 
> platform neutrality be achieved within a reasonable period."
> 
> It's almost like they're acting in the public's interest or something. 
> My cynicism is going to have a quiet lie down for the afternoon - it's 
> having a bad day.

"reasonable period" - could mean anything - no dates

"However, the trust is aware that achieving this is dependent on the
actions of third parties outside the BBC's control." - like the creation
of windows media player for linux? 

Caroline

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