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Re: [LUG] Ornance Survey preventing Linux users from using Getamap
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Ornance Survey preventing Linux users from using Getamap
- From: "m.dinsmore" <m.dinsmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:18:56 +0000
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It's turned out to be a bad decision as Microsoft have reduced there support priority for silverlight. However on windows (used the vast majority of desktop visitors to the site) silverlight works better and crashes less than flash so making the decision several years ago before html 5 was a viable option it probably seemed like the best way to go. In today's environment it's looking like a poor one now as they need other options for the majority of mobile devices.
You could always use their open data access and write your own interface. As several android apps have done. I'd say that probably means they can argue they are not being anti competitive.
L Smith <lhs47crewe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ordnance survey are using microsoft silverlight which is not compatible with the linux operating system .. Is this actually a breach of anti competative legislation and is this the kind of thing that a govermnment agency should be indulging in.
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