Posted in BBC Trust backs calls for Linux iPlayer
Posted Wednesday 25th July 2007 14:49 GMT
Linux and open source
Natalie
The problem is that people think Linux=open source Therefore anything that runs on Linux has to be open source.
Its perfectly possible to have proprietary software running on Linux. Oracle do it quite easily.
The BBC of course got into bed with Microsoft and so we ended up with a windows only, MS DRM infested pile of poop for a player rather than a proprietary cross platform application