I was an employee of the BBC's online department just over 10 years ago and I remember those people well! They did prevail for a bit when political pressure got our budgets slashed.
We had deja vu thanks to those types via the Brighton Argus when we released the Brighton Museums app! But there were some nice rebuttals from other readers thankfully.
Peter Pavement
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On 18 Apr 2013, at 21:43, James Morley wrote:
> Ten years ago the same people were probably up in arms that tax-payers'
> money was funding the BBC to put stuff on the web, but now it's that
> digital technology that has allowed those same people to share their
> ignorance and narrow-mindedness rather than just bore themselves with it!
>
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> James Morley
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>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> Please read this and in particular make sure you read the comments.
>>
>> Knowing that you have read them too will help me cope with the burden
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22203498
>>
>> yours
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> _____________________________
>>
>>
>> Mike Ellis
>>
>> Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
>> http://thirty8.co.uk
>>
>> * My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *
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