To my mind, the whole Linux-users debate is a clever way of missing the whole blooming point.
It matters not exactly what the current percentage is because: * The BBC Charter is a ten-year commitment, and the BBC does not and cannot dictate which computers and operating systems licence fee payers will use; * The point of removing DRM from content is not JUST to make it multiplatform, it is the ONLY way to continue with the LICENCE FEE, which is what makes the BBC what it is. Only IF the iPlayer shares content without DRM is there any argument whatsoever to transfer the Licence fee from television sets to broadband connections; * Everyone currently has to pay the licenece fee, as long as they have equipment capable of receiving television broadcasts (from analogue terrestrial, Freeview, Sky/Freesat, cable or IPTV). Mr Highfield, as the BBC's representative, is breaking the trust of the Licence Fee payers HE has determined to ignore. The 'Linux' percentage debate is a large smelly red herring. On 06/11/2007, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This always makes me laugh, whether it's Firefox users or Linux users. > > "Because you *can* change the UA in my favourite software, it > > automatically follows that 30% of reported visitors *are* faking it." > > I sometimes wonder what these sites are that still need spoofing cos I > haven't been visiting them. I don't think I've used browser spoofing for > about five years. Perhaps this says something about the websites I go to. > > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
