Comments on: BBC shuts down failed £150m online service http://www.matthewriddle.com/2007/03/15/bbc-shuts-down-failed-150m-online-service/ Home is Australia, but I'm currently living and working in the UK. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Zot http://www.matthewriddle.com/2007/03/15/bbc-shuts-down-failed-150m-online-service/#comment-47 Zot Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:54:35 +0000 http://www.matthewriddle.com/?p=142#comment-47 I hear ya bro. It sounds like a bit of a shamozzle. I hear ya bro. It sounds like a bit of a shamozzle.

]]> By: The Frase http://www.matthewriddle.com/2007/03/15/bbc-shuts-down-failed-150m-online-service/#comment-46 The Frase Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:51:54 +0000 http://www.matthewriddle.com/?p=142#comment-46 Yeah- I got paid! But only a few of those millions!<br/>As the article stated- the projects were subjected to VERY rigorous approval process to make sure it was accessable and usuable for it's target audience- school kids. So you had some pretty cool stuff being produced by a variety of studios (who had to pitch for the jobs).<br/><br/><br/>The bummer is that it didn't "fail". <br/>It's been suspended by the European Social Commission due to a case from software developers upset that they were having their lunch cut by the BBC in delivering e-learning to schools. Yeah- I got paid! But only a few of those millions!
As the article stated- the projects were subjected to VERY rigorous approval process to make sure it was accessable and usuable for it’s target audience- school kids. So you had some pretty cool stuff being produced by a variety of studios (who had to pitch for the jobs).

The bummer is that it didn’t “fail”.
It’s been suspended by the European Social Commission due to a case from software developers upset that they were having their lunch cut by the BBC in delivering e-learning to schools.

]]> By: Zot http://www.matthewriddle.com/2007/03/15/bbc-shuts-down-failed-150m-online-service/#comment-45 Zot Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:48:56 +0000 http://www.matthewriddle.com/?p=142#comment-45 Yeah, bummer hey? Sorry to hear about your stuff, but (hopefully) at least you got paid some of that £150 million!! Yeah, bummer hey? Sorry to hear about your stuff, but (hopefully) at least you got paid some of that £150 million!!

]]> By: The Frase http://www.matthewriddle.com/2007/03/15/bbc-shuts-down-failed-150m-online-service/#comment-44 The Frase Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:03:18 +0000 http://www.matthewriddle.com/?p=142#comment-44 Wow! Thats the first I've heard about this!<br/><br/>I worked on two of the Jam projects. The last one is (WAS) due to go live quite soon! Wow! Thats the first I’ve heard about this!

I worked on two of the Jam projects. The last one is (WAS) due to go live quite soon!

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