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iPlayer boss loves Apple
Posted by: eusty on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 02:17 PM
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The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open-source
communities over the iPlayer only being available for Microsoft's Windows XP
platform.
In an interview with silicon.com,
Ashley Highfield the head of BBC Future Media and Technology unit, said the
criticism has been unfair and that he really loves Macs.
"It would be understandable if we'd only ever intended to
launch an XP-only iPlayer, but that was never the plan. When we launch services
we will always try to get to the largest part of that universe. The PC universe
is the largest part of that. It was just the starting point."
"I am a deep lover of Macs. I have had one in the past. I got the iPod Touch
in New York before they were here. I use a Sony Vaio on a day-to-day basis. I
don't have a particular philosophy of manufacturers or solutions. I have a media
centre sitting in front of me with the television above it, and on it I have
both the iTunes library and my Zune library. I have affinity with stuff that's
just really well built, well designed and works well — not any
particular manufacturer," |
| Ashley Highfield |
The streaming Flash based version of the iPlayer will be available
by Christmas for Mac and Linux users, but it hasn't been forthcoming on when the
full download version would be available for other platforms.
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