RE: [MLUG] British newspaper accusing OS advocates of writing

["Russell Horn" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Chad, it's all about the money. Objectivism takes a 
> back seat to cold hard cash. For example, MS funds 
> multiple analysts to give them "just the facts" about 
> Linux, and *surprise* the findings "prove" that 
> Windows is faster, cheaper, more fun, sexier, whatever.
> This has nothing to do with facts.

The BBC generally doesn't sell any of its news and has no advertising.
The BBC is funded through the License Fee - a $200 US (ish) fee that
every household in the UK must pay if they own a television set.

In return they provide seven TV stations which have no advertising, 5
analogue UK wide radio stations, scores of local radio stations, 1
global station (the BBC World Service) and a handful of national radio
stations on Digital Radio. The license fee also pays for BBCi
(www.bbc.co.uk) and the BBC News Website (news.bbc.co.uk) which is I
think the most popular news website available on the internet. It's
advertising free and available globally.

BBC services outside the UK - i.e. BBC America etc do have advertising
because folk there don't pay the license fee :)

Russell

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