The main problem I see is that the BBC will probably only produce material that will run in IE under Windows, it will use ActiveX and Flash 7 and similar things, so we won't be able to use it.
When I went to a M$ briefing, I got the impression a lot of this stuff might well be tied into products like Encarta Class Server. I hope to God not. But it's difficult inventing mutlimedia interactive material which is context/platform-free. So maybe if we want to kneecap the BBC we should suggest packages they should use to preserve platform independence - i.e. be positive with them. If they produce stuff that ONLY works on IE then they're piss-poor web designers in the first place! -- ******************************************************************************** All mail sent and received may be examined to prevent transmission of unacceptable material. Wellington College does not accept responsibility for email contents. Problems to postmaster@wellington-college.berks.sch.uk. Website: http://www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk ********************************************************************************
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When I went to a M$ briefing, I got the impression a lot of this stuff might well be tied into products like Encarta Class Server. I hope to God not.
They do have Damion Yates over at the Beeb who is quite a keen Slackware fan. Works in their R&D department. As far as I can see he tries to get BBC people to understand something about Linux. He is very good at communicating. Ta -- Richard
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Grainge, Derek
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Richard Ibbotson