Finally I got a chance to put up a video of me interviewing Aral Balkan about Open Flash.
Enjoy, http://blip.tv/file/897470/ - part 1 http://blip.tv/file/897486 - part 2 Lots more here - http://blip.tv/posts/?topic_name=xtech2008 Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ST Sent: 06 May 2008 16:21 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Open Flash Quoting Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dave Crossland wrote: >> I look forward to the day when the BBC stops requiring proprietary >> software and stops imposing DRM :-) >> > And on that day the devil will skate to work! (Can't remember which > programme I heard that quote on). > > The BBC will pick proprietary solutions even if they are technically > inferior to the open standards alternatives, just look at Kontiki, > Bittorrent would have worked far better, at least most clients support > some level of user controllable throttling, many even support scheduling. > > Andy > Kontiki may be inferior in technological terms, but would be vastly superior in terms of a Media Lawyer never having seen its name associated with intellectual property theft. -- ST [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/