[Debian-uk] Fw: Re: [LUG] BBC Linux Petition

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:34:21 +0000


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On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 16:41 +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:35:55 -0000 (GMT)
> To: list@dcglug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [LUG] BBC Linux Petition
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> > http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/linuxbbc/signatures.html
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> Petition text:
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> We, the undersigned, access BBC websites from within the UK, using Linux.
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> Ashley Highfield, BBC head of technology, claims that only 400 to 600 use=
rs are Linux users.
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> I know about a hundred, and I'm no Linux socialite! So surely he's talkin=
g nonsense?
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> Sign below, and prove the BBCs head of technology wrong!=20

He already acknowledged this as wrong:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/linux_figures_1.html

Why bother with a petition?

Ben.

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