[Gloucs] Only 400-600 Linux users of bbc.co.uk website?

[John Kilgour]

On Tuesday 06 November 2007, Andrew Oakley wrote:
> Paul Broadhead wrote:
> > For a massive piece of back peddling by the BBC have a look at these:
>
> ...
>
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/open_standards.html
>
> That last link is hilarious.
>
> He quotes Sky as an example of the BBC already participating in
> proprietory lock-in.
>
> Except... the BBC does NOT distribute content via Sky. It distributes
> content via the Astra 28 East satellite system. You do not need a Sky
> subscription to watch BBC1,2,3,4, News 24, CBBC, CBeebies or BBC
> Parliament using digital satellite.
>
> The reason it works with Sky and with other digital satellite systems is
> (wait for it...) the BBC uses an open standard (DVB-S) and refuses to
> use digital rights management (DRM). The BBC isn't tied to one digital
> satellite provider!
>
> You can buy ANY DVB-S decoder and dish (eg. Maplin or Aldi, from 50
> quid) and receive all BBC channels - just mount the dish somewhere in
> the UK, point it at 28 degrees east and scan for transponders!
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3142005.stm
>
> Strangely this is the EXACT OPPOSITE of the BBC's attitude to
> Microsoft's iPlayer...
I suspect that the BBC count use of the Firefox browser as MS windoze.