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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

BBC moves Linux into TV production

Ora aqui está uma boa notícia, apesar de toda a confusão que alguns manda-chuva da BBC têm criado ao afirmar que só acediam ao site da BBC meia dúzia de utilizadores de GNU/Linux e por isso não lançavam software para aceder aos conteúdos para esta plataforma.
Na realidade e já se vieram retratar, afirmando que afinal são milhares os utilizadores de FLOSS que acedem aos conteúdos da BBC.

LinuxWorld | BBC moves Linux into TV production
BBC moves Linux into TV production

Rodney Gedda, Computerworld

29/01/2008 10:26:20

Expensive and error-prone digital tapes has forced BBC UK, one of the world's largest television broadcasters, to look at using computers running Linux to help produce its programs.

Speaking at the annual linux.conf.au Linux and open source conference in Melbourne, Stuart Cunningham from BBC research, said digital tapes are slow to copy them it must be done in real-time.

Speaking at the annual linux.conf.au Linux and open source conference in Melbourne, Stuart Cunningham from BBC research, said copying digital tapes is a slow process as it must be done in real-time.



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