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

[Peter Childs]

On 02/11/2007, Peter Childs <peterachilds at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> On 02/11/2007, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
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> > Please sign, it takes a minute.
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Richard Bennett <richard.bennett at skynet.be>
> > -----
> >
> > Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:31:53 +0100
> > From: "Richard Bennett" < richard.bennett at skynet.be>
> > Subject: [WAUK] Linux users - sign petition to say you use BBC web site!
> > To: wauk at workalone.co.uk
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > 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!
> > A petition was setup to help assess how wrong he is. If you access
> > www.bbc.co.uk using GNU/Linux, please sign up.
> >
> > http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/linuxbbc
> >
> > Here's the article where he justifies a Windows-only iplayer because Mac
> >
> > users are only 5% and Linux 400 to 600 people out of their 17 million
> > visitors.
> >
> > http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/internet-and-broadband/news/bbc-not-in-bed-with-bill-gates-over-iplayer?articleid=36522951
> >
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> hmm I wonder what they are using for stats i know desktop linux is low but
> 0.00003535% is just silly.
>
> Peter.
>


Sorry what i was trying to say is that the stats can't be correct because
they don't add up!  Stats are usally mis leading but those don't even
reflect reality.
eg linux user are of a similar size to mac uses or at least thats what i had
aways thought...


Peter
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