Comments on: Tesco, Mill Road, Cambridge http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/03/30/tesco-mill-road-cambridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tesco-mill-road-cambridge The Magic of Open Source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Alan Lord http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/03/30/tesco-mill-road-cambridge/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Alan Lord Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:39:29 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/03/30/tesco-mill-road-cambridge/#comment-2402 Hi John, I am as surprised and confused about the lack of coverage as you are. I do wonder if there is a financial incentive for the press and commercial media between Murdoch and Microsoft - I bet they have a BIG advertising budget to play games with... However the Beeb is a different matter; although they are now infiltrated with a few ex Microsofties (for and after the iPlayer fiasco) so perhaps they also have some sway. Of course it might just be that no-one other than the nerdy types really give a shit... Hi John,

I am as surprised and confused about the lack of coverage as you are. I do wonder if there is a financial incentive for the press and commercial media between Murdoch and Microsoft – I bet they have a BIG advertising budget to play games with… However the Beeb is a different matter; although they are now infiltrated with a few ex Microsofties (for and after the iPlayer fiasco) so perhaps they also have some sway.

Of course it might just be that no-one other than the nerdy types really give a shit…

]]> By: John Drinkwater http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/03/30/tesco-mill-road-cambridge/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 John Drinkwater Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:08:55 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/03/30/tesco-mill-road-cambridge/#comment-2401 From the lack of BBC coverage of the recent ISO announcement (even on their tech blogs too, which is weird, they seem to mention any tripe…), I’m a little shocked. Is it just to avoid the inevitable forum that they might give to people who are genuinely shocked that not only did ISO approve it, but the BSI did too! From reading posts on Digg, Slashdot, Twitter, and the few RSS Planets I subscribe to, it seems overwhelming that people understand how detrimental OOXML being accepted by ISO is. So what happened to our media? Does that certain company have such sway to control the news now? From the lack of BBC coverage of the recent ISO announcement (even on their tech blogs too, which is weird, they seem to mention any tripe…), I’m a little shocked.
Is it just to avoid the inevitable forum that they might give to people who are genuinely shocked that not only did ISO approve it, but the BSI did too!
From reading posts on Digg, Slashdot, Twitter, and the few RSS Planets I subscribe to, it seems overwhelming that people understand how detrimental OOXML being accepted by ISO is.

So what happened to our media? Does that certain company have such sway to control the news now?

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