Mick wrote: > Although off-topic this should be of interest to most of us (since it is > potentially discriminatory against Linux users) and particularly to those of > us who visit the BBC website. If you live in the UK you may have one more > reason to complain - you pay for the BBC license and you are entitled to have > a say as to how your money is being spent! > > In summary, BBC claims that the low numbers of Linux users visiting its > website are not sufficient compared with the numbers of MS Windows users and > therefore it will not cater to their OS needs. As a consequence MS Windows > specific media players and formats will be the basis of BBC content provision > and us Linux users may or may not be able to access it. There is an argument > taking place as to how OS' numbers of visitors are identified and counted > here: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/linux_figures_1.html > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/02/highfield_bbc_linux_website_users_bafflement/ > > If you want to sign please see this excerpt below: > > ------- FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS ------- > Hi, > > I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently > signed: > > "More than 400 UK Linux users read the BBC sites" > http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/linuxbbc?e > > I really think this is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage you to > add your signature, too. It's free and takes less than a minute of your time. > > Thanks! > --------------------------------------------- >
Well, I know on my browser, I can tell it to tell the server I am using IE or some other browser. I wonder if other people are doing the same so it will work correctly? I have to do this on the myspace website or I get errors. There may be more Linux users than are getting reported. Oh, yea, I know, I'm on the wrong side of the pond. Dale :-) :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
