Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] GNU/Linux users - sign petition to say you use BBC web site!

[Derek Broughton]

Please don't CC me...

Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Ahem!  Why does the petition specifically refer to people who access the
>> Beeb from _within_ the UK?
> 
> The BBC is primarily funded to provide services to UK residents.
> International audiences are of a secondary importance, so it is vital to
> show them that there are many GNU/Linux users within the UK.
> 
Except (a) that's not true - BBC has all sorts of world service, and the
website is specifically intended to reach everybody; and (b) "The BBC's
head of technology, Ashley Highfield, in making excuses for the iPlayer,
claims that only 400-600 people access the BBC website using Linux!" - says
nothing about it being only 400-600 people in the UK.
-- 
derek