[odf-discuss] BBC iplayer DRM linked to XP

[Pamela Jones]

I'd be interested in any specific instances in any country where people 
are required by any government entity to use only Word or Excel to 
communicate/apply/file etc.  Pls. email me directly.  I think I'll write 
about this topic.

Lars Noodén wrote:
> In Finland, YLE has been heading a similar direction with their online
> archives.  As far as I can tell it is in violation of Finland's
> constitution to restrict access to only the active customers of one
> single vendor.
> 
> However ...
> 
> the current head of YLE, Finland's analog to the BBC, was appointed
> during the summer holidays a few years ago at the 11th hour after
> several well-qualified and highly experienced candidates were
> inexplicably passed over.  The current head has no experience in
> broadcasting, media or technology and exhibits no noteworthy
> characteristics except for being rather young.   However, he did pull a
> two year stint at MS.
> 
> I think what would help the situation globally is to do three things:
> 
>  * One would be to damper the amount and frequency of the MS articles,
> of any nature, churning the press.  Only those of substance need rise to
> the surface.  Everything else is just there to saturate the press.
> 
>  * Another would be to increase the number of articles, or at least
> mentions, of better technologies.  These are becoming diffuse, lost in
> the noise and need to be brought to the forefront of awareness.
> 
>  * Lastly, it would help to promote awareness of *all* open formats,
> with supporting tools, especially open audio formats.  There is too much
> confusion and ignorance regarding options.  Openness applies even to
> audio and video.  Running WMA/WMV/WMP or promoting the files, adds a
> small paper cut to world democracy, which looks like it might die the
> death of a thousand cuts. In the same token running WMA/WMV instead of
> Ogg or even (the not quite Free) MP3 raises the price of computing by an
> ever so slight amount.
> 
> Personally, I'd like to see something like the OpenDocument Alliance or
> Fellowship or Foundation, but for *all* open formats / standards.
> Especially now that MS is attempting yet again to re-define "open" and
> the press is eagerly helping.
> 
> -Lars
> 
> Ian Lynch wrote:
>> http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
>>
>> Some might consider this worth digging ;-)
>>
>> Ian
> 
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