[Wftl-lug] BBC forcing viewers to use Windows

[Christian Einfeldt]

On 6/26/07, Marcelino Mata <marcelino.mata at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This BBS story about new service being Windows only highlights a bigger
> issue....
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6236612.stm
>
> It is bad enough now with WMV and QuickTime formats but DRM on these
> formats will make it impossible for Linux users.
>

Alexa ranks the BBC as number 35 in global traffic, but YouTube as number
4.  That's right.  Four.  I would be much more worried if YouTube, which
runs on Linux, throws in the towel.  I'm actually rather pleased that the
BBC uses DRM, because that means that as FOSS use grows globally, the BBC
will be writing itself out of the picture.  Sure, the BBC was an important
source for quality news, but if they want to swim against the tide of
history, who can stop them?

So Marcelino, if you want to persuade new users about the viability of
Linux, just point them to YouTube.  They will probably be able to find much
of the content that they want there, anyway.
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