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____/ Tony(UK) on Monday 04 August 2008 18:38 : \____
> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:07:38 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
>> Well there you have it.
>> I guess the BBC was wrong about Linux's desktop market share being
>> around 0.8 percent or so.
>
> Moshe,
>
> I genuinely believe the BBC is wrong about a lot of things.
> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
>
> With the Beeb going hand in hand with Microsoft for it's web presence,
> broadcasting and studio technologies, it is unlikely that any results
> pertaining to a Linux (or Apple) market share will be published accurately.
> They cannot even conduct a children's phone-in without getting fined because
> they cannot get the technology right.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6284014.stm
>
> As you know, I live in the UK, and only subscribe to BBC news by RSS or
> watching (Cable) TV. How would they know I use Linux? Or UK Linux users that
> boycott the BBC altogether and use Sky or Virginmedia TV's services? Channel
> Four, Channel 5, etc.?
>
> The BBC is /was/ revered and respected around the world - that doesn't
> necessarily mean the people living in the UK hold the same views about it
> anymore.
>
> As an aside, I note your use of the word 'Retard' in previous threads, and
> your subsequent apology. I am disabled myself, and appreciate that it is easy
> to use these words in anger, but harder to acknowledge that it is wrong to do
> so. Thank you for doing that.
>
> All the best from the UK,
>
> Tony
There is no "Moshe". His real name is Gray Stewart and he's here to annoy,
insult and provoke. Don't let him get to you and assume everything he writes
is a lie (they libel me endlessly).
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