Re: [Hampshire] Only 400 people use BBC News from Linux

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Author: john lewis
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Only 400 people use BBC News from Linux
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:39:58 +0000
Tony Whitmore <tony@???> wrote:

> That's the claim from the BBC's head of technology in a recent
> interview:
>
> http://linkpot.net/diatribe/
>
> "We have 17.1 million users of bbc.co.uk in the UK and, as far as
> our server logs can make out, 5 per cent of those [use Macs] and
> around 400 to 600 are Linux users."
>
> If you'd like to help prove this statement wrong, please consider
> signing this petition:
>
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/linuxbbc/


Duh! they expect you to donate to ipetitions (and assume $10) before
you can sign the petition.

> And/or joining this Facebook group:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21236595408&ref=nf


Nope, social networking is not my scene, so that means I'll not get
involved.

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John Lewis
Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package