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FOSS documentary on BBC World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the here's-something-for-your-eye dept.

Zoxed writes ""A two-part documentary, 'The Code Breakers' will be aired on BBC World TV starting on 10 May 2006. Code Breakers investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world." The first part is screening tonight on BBC World."

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  1. Great Microsoft quote FTA by mustafap · · Score: 5, Funny

    "According to Jonathan Murray of Microsoft "The Open Source community stimulates innovation in software, it's something that frankly we feel very good about and it's something that we absolutely see as being a partnership with Microsoft."

    Must have had his fingers crossed behind his back at the time. Still, it made me laugh.

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  2. i like this part from TA by mapkinase · · Score: 5, Informative
    Following its ten transmissions on BBC World the documentary will be available copyright-free for broadcast throughout the world.


    good job, lads.
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  3. Re:Code Breakers = Breaking or Broken Code? by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Seem like their documentary title could use some adjusting, code breaking sounds a lot like simply creating a program that just doesn't work (i.e. is broken)

    At first I thought it was a documentary about Bletchley Park, where the Allies broke the German Enigma cipher.

    Perhaps they are refering to the "code" of buying all your software from Microsoft, which certainly could use some breaking if not downright thrashing.

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  4. Re:Until now? by MarkByers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The continual adoption of Open Source software by developing countries is starting to give me hope that we might actually have a chance of escaping the Monocrosoft empire.

    You can escape already now, as long as you are willing to make some sacrifices like having to explain to family members why the you haven't played the fantastic game that they emailed to you as an .exe file.

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  5. UK don't get BBC World?... by Manip · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In an ironic twist most people in the UK (home of the BBC) won't get to see this as we don't receive BBC World and it isn't being broadcast on any of the "normal" BBC channels.

    A little ironic don't you think... Kind of like the yanks not getting something created by ABC or Fox but letting the rest of the world have it.