This means that it really doesn't matter whether the BBC uses standards covered with patents because it makes no difference to FLOSS users in the UK (the only ones that would be using the BBC service)... this fact makes this whole story completely redundant.
"There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition" -- Yes, good marketing is what one looks for in a good OS.
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This means that it really doesn't matter whether the BBC uses standards covered with patents because it makes no difference to FLOSS users in the UK (the only ones that would be using the BBC service)... this fact makes this whole story completely redundant.
"There are some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good track record in fending off competition" -- Yes, good marketing is what one looks for in a good OS.
I thought they were talking about chocolate fingers :(