Only the BBC would be having a conversation about it's Chairman having to code Perl to get the job... Over at ITV they're talking Ruby, whilst at BSkyB they're wondering what particular version of MHEG their CEO should be using.
m -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Howe Sent: 29 November 2006 15:54 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king ah but they could write a perl script automate regulation, then bugger off to play golf ;) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Bowden Sent: 29 November 2006 15:26 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Re: (freeing) content is king > Surely, the Chairman decides what he can do. > I see no reason at all why the Chairman couldn't hack perl. > It's just that most Chairman don't. Well the BBC Chair of the Governers role (soon to be in charge of the BBC Trust - more arms length from the BBC) doesn't - I believe - specify Perl skills, and the chair's employers (essentially the government) might be less than impressed if that's all they did all day, when they should be regulating the BBC ;) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/