Given the enthusiasm for new technology on this board I had to laugh at this (in the Independent):
Ex-BBC boss Mark Thompson apologises to MPs and public over wasting £100m on digital archive.....
The MPs heard from Dominic Coles, the BBC’s Director of Operations ................... He said that the £125m digital archive, which was intended to serve the entire organisation, was so “clunky” that it was ten times slower than the 40-year-old system it was designed to replace