Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] BBC claim on low numbers of Linux visitors

[Dale]

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

:-)  :-) 
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