[Nottingham] BBC Radio4 program tonight 01/06/2009: 'open source' computer software

Jim Moore jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com
Tue Jun 2 22:02:47 UTC 2009


30MB is a scratch on a drop in the ocean on a 320GB drive...

On 6/2/09, Camilo Mesias <camilo at mesias.co.uk> wrote:
> I don't mean to be rude but I don't see what all the fuss is about
> with the downloaded file. Streaming is very convenient and the
> programme starts and ends correctly - you can drag the slider about to
> play whichever part you like. I'm guessing if you download the stream
> successfully it would be complete.
>
> Am I taking my broadband and ever present laptop for granted - why
> would people want to download the file and have to deal with this
> nearly 30Mb of data?
>
> -Cam
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