Posts by John Carter

Sun admits Oracle didn't want the hardware biz

Re: Re: So ORACLE has negative ambitions?

>> What are you talking about, Apple have 100% market share - there is no one that can compete >> in the world of overpriced locked in systems.

Since when has windows been an open platform???

Europe takes aim at BBC licence fee

sarcasm!

I was being sarcastic concerning the reference to speaking english!

As opposed to being parochial, well I have actually lived outside of blightly (lived in the USA and now France) for the last 10 years and being half english, half scottish. I just wanted to allude to the negativity that often is directed from the north of the border without recognising any strengths. The BBC is a great brand because of its inclusion of the different regions. You may not think that but try looking outside of the UK for a change and try to appreciate what the UK does offer in exchange. Of course the BBC is going to have more content for the south because of the number of people. Don't you think that people from small regions elsewhere in world not get annoyed when they are constantly being told of what is going on in Paris or NY etc. etc.

We shouldn't accept everything as great but don't destroy what does work as opposed to what doesn't.

brit abroad

jc

Same language

So you don't speak english in Scotland then?

Never watched little britain, the office or any such programs? Why not try watching french public TV instead, which not only do you have to pay for, but has bloody loads of adverts and absolutely nothing worth watching. I also think my friends out in Brittany would be probably very happy to have anything close to the same level of local content that you get in Scotland.

Stop blaming the south and being so parochial. Don't you think the 10 million or so who live in London get fed up with 4 million scots monopolising British politics, never mind the other regions of the UK. Serious chip on shoulder should be removed.

The BBC is by far for its price the best broadcaster that I know of and I have had to put up with both french and US tv in the past. Has SKY as of yet for all it millons it sucks up in subscriptions produced any decent in house content? Can it even pretend to compete with it's US equivalent HBO?

regards

jc

iPhone auto-correct puts Euro tongues out of joint

it works if you set several keyboard layouts

auto correct works fine for me in english and french. It's just a question of changing the keyboard which you can do direct from the keypad. Sounds more like people trying to write in french or german with the english keyboard layout. Hit the key like a 'planet' guys to change!!

Paris because she probably wouldn't know the difference either

Where does Web 2.0 leave the BBC?

Don't knock the BBC

I hate people who constantly denigrate the BBC. Try watching TV in the USA or anywhere else and you will realise just how good the BBC can be. I live in France and we have to pay a license fee just as in the UK. Granted it is cheaper but you have to take into account that salaries are lower and that they have advertising on the public channels.

In addition the french public channels produce virtually no decent in-house programs and even ruin sports coverage with up to 10 minutes of advertising between halves.

It begs the question if they have so much advertising revenue what are they actually doing with with license fee outside of buying poor quality american imports and if I'm lucky the occasional british series (although dubbed, the horror!).