Linux Streaming Wins Respect in Europe
Sometimes in the public sector, reaching almost everyone isn’t enough. The European Commission (EC) found this out the hard way in late 2006 when it launched a streaming service that supported Windows and Macintosh users but not Linux users. To make matters worse, when citizens across Europe complained, the EC claimed it was illegal to support Linux streaming.
After many thousands of additional citizens across the EC complained that they were being excluded from the streaming service, which offers many important videos of the EU's debates and briefings, the EC modified its online Frequently Asked Questions and blamed it on a translation mistake.
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