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The Register: Scottish Power Disconnects Linux Users

[ Thanks to Tom
for this link. ]

“Scottish Power has barred Linux AND Opera users from signing up
to its online energy accounts.

“The exclusion came to light after Reg reader, and Linux users,
Robin Crorie tried to arrange to pay his utility bills online
earlier this week, only to be greeted by the following terse and
unhelpful message:

We have detected certain aspects of your system that
will prevent you experiencing this site fully.
These are: You are not running a Windows or Apple Macintosh
operating system.
…”

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