[Gllug] Linux users - sign petition to say you use BBC web site!

[- Tethys]

On 11/2/07, Adrian McMenamin <adrian at newgolddream.dyndns.info> wrote:

> Surely the answer is to submit an FOI request to the BBC asking what
> assessment they have made of the numbers of users of different OSes are
> accessing their site.

The BBC is not fully covered by the FOI act, and only has to respond
to certain requests. Whether this sort of request is one of those it
has to answer, I couldn't say.

> By the way, accusing somebody of lying about their job is a quick route to
> the libel courts. Not advised.

That depends. Demonstrably false figures like this are fairly solid
ground for such an accusation. Now whether the misinformation is due
to malice or ineptitude is a matter for debate. But since anyone with
half a brain can see that the quoted numbers are false, one has to
wonder why they're quoting them in public.

Tet

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