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BBC Trust to Meet With OSC Over iPlayer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the open-to-suggestions dept.

Virgil Tibbs writes "With the Launch of the BBC's iPlayer imminent, the BBC trust has agreed to hear the Open Source Consortium's concerns regarding the BBC iPlayer's tie in with Microsoft's software. The move by the BBC to use Windows Media DRM & their apparent lack of commitment towards other platforms has caused outrage in many circles and prompted several online petitions."

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  1. FOSSie hypocracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The rank hypocracy of FOSSies never falls short of amazing.

    They continue to whine and pule how being a FOSSie is all about choice, and how people should be free to choose... but when a company or organization chooses Microsoft, that's when we find out it's not really about choice, it's really about choosing what the FOSSies want you to.