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BBC To Host Multi-OS Debate

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-ready-to-rumble dept.

Bananatree3 writes "BBC is currently seeking submissions from all you Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux devotees "in 100 words or less, why you are such a supporter of your chosen operating system and what features you love about it". They will then select one user of each platform to go head to head in a debate that will be part of the BBC's Microsoft Vista launch coverage on January 30th."

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  1. NOT seeking submissions by Kjella · · Score: 5, Informative

    QTFA: "We have received many entries and have now closed the call for submissions. We will be in touch with people shortly. Many thanks for taking part."

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  2. Re:Don't apply unless by slughead · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't appply unless you're 20 something and remotely good looking. The BBC recently knee capped their tech presents to only pretty people who don't seem to care even remotely about tech.

    It probably wouldn't make much difference in quality. The last 3 articles on technology I read on the BBC (years ago) were either riddled with misuse of certain words, left out some important and key details, misstated the implications of the story, and/or came up with a very strange and subjective conclusion that came out of the blue.

    I've seen this happen elsewhere, so I stopped reading tech news from most places. I will not conjecture on why this is so.

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  3. Re:Don't apply unless by Gregory+Cox · · Score: 3, Informative

    It differs because no-one can reply to point out its mistakes, or mod it into the ground, however wrong it is. And because people are more likely to believe that it is The Truth.

    Funny, to me your post feels less like criticism of Slashdot and more like criticism of the BBC. The BBC is a respected name, and employs professional journalists. If that counts for anything, they ought to be more than a match for the best posts on Slashdot rather than just level with the average ones.

    Are they? I think I'll learn more from Slashdot, for all its faults. And I don't expect this vox pop to tell me anything I didn't know about different OSes. If anything, it may be more interesting for revealing how TV news presents the topic - what they focus on, if they make any mistakes, how much detail they think the public can take - than for the actual subject matter.

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  4. Re:Chasing Windows' tail lights by init100 · · Score: 5, Informative

    If their OS's are so good, why are they always so concerned with Windows emulation?

    A lot of software exists for Windows that isn't likely to be ported soon. Windows emulation enables non-Windows users to run them anyway.

    And why are so few Windows users concerned with Lunix or OS X emulation?

    Because open source software that originates on Linux have a tendency to become ported to Windows, while the reverse (closed source software that originates on Windows) does not exhibit the same trend. The closed source Windows programs requires involvement of the holder of the source code to be ported, while the open source Linux programs can be ported by anyone with experience in programming in both affected environments.