[Gloucs] BBC iPlayer protest in London next Tuesday

[Pete Wright]

How did the protest go?

> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:36:32 +0100> From: aoakley at messagelabs.com> To: gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk> Subject: [Gloucs] BBC iPlayer protest in London next Tuesday> > > http://www.defectivebydesign.org/iPlayerProtest> Tue 14 Aug 2007 10:30am> BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ> > This is a protest against the BBC's decision to only allow Microsoft> Windows users to use their new video-on-demand service. Although a Mac> version is supposedly planned for some unspecified point in the future,> no Linux version is planned and the player will use proprietary closed> formats defined by Microsoft.> > Is anyone else considering taking the day off and going up to protest? I> am thinking of doing so, but need someone to split the petrol & parking> costs with, in order to justify it. I'm happy to drive my car, also> happy to get a lift with someone else if they prefer to drive theirs.> Petrol will be about GBP25, parking about GBP4.> > Schedule would be something like:> > 07:00am Depart Cheltenham -> A417 -> Cirencester Bypass -> A419 -> M4> 09:45am Arrive Ealing Broadway shopping centre car park> Cross road to Ealing Broadway tube station, central line> 10:15am Arrive White City tube station, central line> Cross road to BBC Television Centre> > Then leave London after 2pm to ensure back at MessageLabs for monthly> meeting at 6pm. Finally, put photo slideshow on the big screen!> ___________________________> Andrew Oakley> Anti-Spam Technical Architect> MessageLabs> Tel: +44 ([0]1452) 627627> aoakley at messagelabs.com> www.messagelabs.com> > MessageLabs - Be certain> > MessageLabs Ltd, a company registered in England number 3834506, 1240> Lansdowne Court, Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, GL3 4AB > > ______________________________________________________________________> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________> > _______________________________________________> gloucs mailing list> gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gloucs
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