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BBC admits they had the numbers wrong

Posted by sadevi in General - 9 Nov, 2007

Last week the BBC claimed that the amount of Linux users was so low that is was not worth the trouble to optimize the BBC site for this user group. They claimed that only 400 to 600 users visit the site. BBC's Ashley Highfield has now admitted that they got their numbers wrong. (More)

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The story of Hans Reiser

Posted by mivaho in General, People - 4 Nov, 2007

ABC News 20/20 has a story on Hans Reiser, creator of ReiserFS. Maybe you know the story (More)

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Welcome to sadevi

Posted by mivaho in General - 4 Nov, 2007

Hi,

 I just wanted to post a quick welcome to sadevi. Sadevi will be helping me out with this blog from now on. So sadevi I hope you like it here and give us some good stories from the world we love and call Open Source Sealed

 Michel

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What came first the chicken or the egg?

Posted by sadevi in General - 2 Nov, 2007

The BBC launched an iPlayer that only supports Windows XP, because only a small number of linux visitors come to the BBC website, but why would they come to the BBC when the site's media downloads are Windows XP only?
Looks like a deadlock to me...
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