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Article #16Re: Open letter to ABC
From: Sammy Montrose
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:55
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:55
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"netvegetable" <none@all.com> wrote in message news:chvkk.6612$tg.621@fe119.usenetserver.com... > On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:32:51 +1000, Wayne. wrote: > >> netvegetable wrote: >>> >>> >>> Please return to putting up news items as mp4/wmv/mpg files. >>> >>> A small number of us use open source operating systems. Because we make >>> this moral choice, we often don't have access to adobe flash software. >>> As a consequence, we don't have access to abc online video and news. >>> >>> We may only be a minority, but we pay our taxes too. And I don't >>> believe we should be penalized for our ethical stance. >>> >>> Please stop trying to lock us into using proprietary software. We do >>> not want to be beholden to software giants like Adobe, and we do not >>> believe our taxes should be going to helping foreign corporations like >>> this dominate the web. >>> >>> >> If your 'morally' chosen OS does not have support for Flash, then >> contact Adobe. >> > > Adobe is not accountable to me. I do not pay my taxes to Adobe. Adobe is > a corporation, and is quite free to just ignore me, whatever I contact > them about. > What does the C stand for in ABC? > The ABC, on the other hand, is a public broadcaster, payed for by our > taxes. And I, for one, do not believe my tax money should be helping make > Adobe software the standard for viewing online content. > >> It might also help if you told us what OS you are using. > > Ubuntu linux PPC, just fyi. > > -- > A: Top posters > Q: What's the most annoying thing on usenet > > "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are > conservatives."- John Stuart Mill > > > > > > > -- > A: Top posters > Q: What's the most annoying thing on usenet > > "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are > conservatives."- John Stuart Mill
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