[Sderby] BBC iplayer pertition

[Hans Kreuger]

> You claimed that the BBC was discriminating against you because you run
> $nonstandard_os.
>
> The BBC is not discriminating against you, they've merely made a very
> sensible commercial decision not to support your choice of operating
> system. Much like they don't support the Amiga, OpenBSD, Solaris,
> Commodore 64 or Oric Atmos.

Good point, unfortunately the BBC is (allegedly) a public service, not
the commercial entity you seem to be depicting. As such, they have a
duty to make their services available to as wider audience as
possible.

> You speak as if you deserve, nay, that it is your inate right to have
> access to the content on any platform you so chose.

As a public service, it /is/ our right to access this content.

>The BBC have chosen
> Windows has the logical platform to supply the content on, as it hits
> the widest possible audience.

This is pretty non-sensical - picking a specific platform inherently
/reduces/ the target audience. Conforming to an open standard would
address the widest possible audience.

> Just because you make non-standard choices, doesn't mean the world has
> to bend to meet you. Such arguments are why people hate Unix/Mac users.
> You have no rights. Once it's beneficial for people to care about you,
> they will. Until then, you're the outsider. Live with it.

You seem to be somewhat confused between corporate attitudes to
various demographics and the attitude of the general public.
The general public don't hate based on your OS choice - thats pishtosh.
Corporations may discriminate against you based on OS choice, which is
likely to be based on sound business logic. However corporations !=
people.

Also ... Chill a little chap.
It's a little silly to burst a bloodvessel over a media player...