Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-14 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 00:51:52 +0100 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: > > This is what I said: > > I like your style Ann, > Short, direct and non-abusive. > > I'm applauding standing up!:) Yes, well done, though 'army' might not have been the best word to use. As far as I'm concerned, it

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 13 February 2004 23:35, lanman wrote: > Anne; Thanks for the trust. It's not misplaced. Here's the site > with the broadcast on it; > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/working_lunch/default.stm > > Click on the link near the upper-left corner labelled "Video Watch > programme". Once it

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 14 February 2004 09:27, Keith Powell wrote: > The e-mail address for the program is: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yes, it was Gillian Lacey-Solymar who did the item. I'll send an > e-mail and see if it does any good. > > I am retired and we watch it while we are having our "sandwich and > pi

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-14 Thread Keith Powell
The e-mail address for the program is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, it was Gillian Lacey-Solymar who did the item. I'll send an e-mail and see if it does any good. I am retired and we watch it while we are having our "sandwich and piece of cake" mid-day lunch. Our main meal is in the evening. There

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 13 February 2004 16:29, robin wrote: > > It varies from programme to programme. Their IT programme, "Click > Online", tends to give Linux and OSS a good press, and far more > coverage than you'd expect, given that it's designed very much with > computer newbies in mind (a typical line mi

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 13 February 2004 16:37, lanman wrote: > > Not to be a [EMAIL PROTECTED] disturber ( yeah, Right! ) but the correspondent > ( Gillean Lacey-Solymar ) giving us this "enlightened" perspective > on the BBC show has an email address! Go figure! I accidentally put > it right here - "[EMAIL PRO

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 13 February 2004 13:19, Keith Powell wrote: > I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television > business/consumer program called "Working Lunch". > > In it, there was an item about Microsoft's Windows source code > being on the Internet. During the item, which concentrated

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread John Richard Smith
Keith Powell wrote: I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television business/consumer program called "Working Lunch". In it, there was an item about Microsoft's Windows source code being on the Internet. During the item, which concentrated on how this would affect we computer us

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Paul
> Keith Powell wrote: > > >With a large influential company (the BBC) making such pro-Microsoft and > >anti-Linux statements such as this, we have quite an opposition to overcome. > > > >It's no good writing to them and complaining, as they won't want to know. > > > >I sign myself "A disgusted

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread robin
Hoyt Bailey wrote: Consider the source. The BBC is NOT a credible source. It's as credible as any other mainstream media source: i.e. you need to take anything it says about computers with a pinch of salt. If, on the other hand, you're talking about the BBC in general, save that for the OT li

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread lanman
On February 13, 2004 10:52 am, Aron Smith wrote: > On Friday 13 February 2004 05:19 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television > > business/consumer program called "Working Lunch". > > > > In it, there was an item about Microsoft's Windows source code

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread robin
Keith Powell wrote: I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television business/consumer program called "Working Lunch". In it, there was an item about Microsoft's Windows source code being on the Internet. During the item, which concentrated on how this would affect we computer use

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Keith Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 07:19 Subject: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux. > I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television > business/consumer p

Re: [newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Aron Smith
On Friday 13 February 2004 05:19 am, Keith Powell wrote: > I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television > business/consumer program called "Working Lunch". > > In it, there was an item about Microsoft's Windows source code being on the > Internet. During the item, which concentrat

[newbie] [OT] The BBC and Linux.

2004-02-13 Thread Keith Powell
I have just been watching a daily Monday-Friday BBC Television business/consumer program called "Working Lunch". In it, there was an item about Microsoft's Windows source code being on the Internet. During the item, which concentrated on how this would affect we computer users, the following st