hard candy
05-19-2006, 02:04 PM
"A senior Microsoft executive told a BBC documentary that people should use commercial software if they're looking for stability.
"I don't think (open source) is anti-Microsoft in the sense that it's giving people choices in the technologies that they use," Jonathan Murray, the vice president and chief technology officer of Microsoft Europe, told BBC World in the first part of the documentary "The Code Breakers," which aired this week.
"Some people want to use community-based software, and they get value out of sharing with other people in the community. Other people want the reliability and the dependability that comes from a commercial software model. And again, at the end of the day, you make the choice based on what has the highest value to you," Murray continued. "
"Part 2 of "The Code Breakers" is due to be screened next week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Program times can be found on the BBC World Web site.
Currently, the documentary is only available on BBC World, which isn't broadcast in the United Kingdom."
"The Code Breakers-
Microsoft has dominated the world of computing for many years, with its heavily guarded ‘code’ being beyond reach to many in the developing nations. In some of the poorest countries the cost of upgrading an operating system to keep up with the rest o fthe world amounts to a year's wages, and there are few legitimate options. In Thailand for example, 95 percent of software on computers is pirated. The poorest countries are now beginning to use free or open source software (FOSS), a software that parallels many of Microsoft's programmes but with the major difference being that they are distributed free of charge and can be altered by computer programmers who are allowed unfettered access to the 'source code'. In this two-part documentary, Code Breakers includes stories and interviews from around the world where FOSS is making an impact, from disaster management in Sri Lanka to tortoise breeding programmes in the Galapagos."
So a BBC program not available in the UK?? Kind of like CBS or NBC not airing in the USA. :eek:
BBC World (http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickpage.asp?pageid=2783)
Trying to see if it can be seen in the USA.
Well, it was broadcast at 06:30 EST yesterday here. Maybe a podcast, anyone? Or torrent?
I read where the whole series is to be released copyright free after the last episode is broadcast.
APDIP (http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc)
"I don't think (open source) is anti-Microsoft in the sense that it's giving people choices in the technologies that they use," Jonathan Murray, the vice president and chief technology officer of Microsoft Europe, told BBC World in the first part of the documentary "The Code Breakers," which aired this week.
"Some people want to use community-based software, and they get value out of sharing with other people in the community. Other people want the reliability and the dependability that comes from a commercial software model. And again, at the end of the day, you make the choice based on what has the highest value to you," Murray continued. "
"Part 2 of "The Code Breakers" is due to be screened next week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Program times can be found on the BBC World Web site.
Currently, the documentary is only available on BBC World, which isn't broadcast in the United Kingdom."
"The Code Breakers-
Microsoft has dominated the world of computing for many years, with its heavily guarded ‘code’ being beyond reach to many in the developing nations. In some of the poorest countries the cost of upgrading an operating system to keep up with the rest o fthe world amounts to a year's wages, and there are few legitimate options. In Thailand for example, 95 percent of software on computers is pirated. The poorest countries are now beginning to use free or open source software (FOSS), a software that parallels many of Microsoft's programmes but with the major difference being that they are distributed free of charge and can be altered by computer programmers who are allowed unfettered access to the 'source code'. In this two-part documentary, Code Breakers includes stories and interviews from around the world where FOSS is making an impact, from disaster management in Sri Lanka to tortoise breeding programmes in the Galapagos."
So a BBC program not available in the UK?? Kind of like CBS or NBC not airing in the USA. :eek:
BBC World (http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickpage.asp?pageid=2783)
Trying to see if it can be seen in the USA.
Well, it was broadcast at 06:30 EST yesterday here. Maybe a podcast, anyone? Or torrent?
I read where the whole series is to be released copyright free after the last episode is broadcast.
APDIP (http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc)