Dan Maudsley

"the Beeb comes up with a truly innovative product that works"

No they didn't. They bought in a Microsoft solution, hence the XP/IE was the only supported platform at launch. It was only when "freetards" (WTF - I've paid my licence fee?) complained at the lack of support for other platforms that the BBC started to shift. But why should I have to wait for the BBC to develop and release a player for mac/linux/PSP/XBox/Smart Phone/Fridge/Fanboy device of your choice?

What the BBC should have done was launch an open service using a fully documented format and let individuals choose what platform/player they want to use and if there isn't a player for their device, they can write their own!