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Re:BBC open source their "Glow" Javascript library by biaxident on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @12:41PM (#694181)
But the web is worldwide, how many readers of BBC news are from outside the UK? And not every UK citizen has to purchase a license.

They've recently been trying to encourage everyone to make the switch to digitial TVs. I'm sure it's a lot easier to get people to upgrade their browser than buy a new television.

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Re:BBC open source their "Glow" Javascript library by dandean on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @12:52PM (#694194)
The BBC has a specific mandate to the British people. If they are not serving them then they are not doing their job.
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Re:BBC open source their "Glow" Javascript library by pbhjpbhj on Thursday July 09, 2009 @08:01AM (#695660)
We're talking mainly bells and whistles (progressive enhancement) via Glow not basic access to data.

That said BBC produce a lot of content for the web that not everyone can get (people don't all have computers), several digital radio channels (not everyone has digi-radio), several digi-TV channels (a lot can't even get the signal, many don't have the hardware).

So the BBC aren't worried about large scale access issues, why worry so much about obsolete browsers?

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