Why Linux Users Should Be Furious At BBC

Posted by gsh on Jan 14, 2008 10:26 AM EDT
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Recently the BBC had a bit of a wake up call regarding numbers and how many Linux users were really out there. Why does any of this matter? It has to do with something the BBC provides called the iPlayer.

Seriously, relying on ActiveX is so "1990's" that it's painful, and as luck would have it, the Linux users who wish to use this BBC player made sure that the BBC knew that they were making the sought after content inaccessible to those people using Linux.

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