Re: Open letter to ABC

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From: TG'sFM
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:57

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On Aug 1, 4:55 pm, "Sammy Montrose" <sa...@notmail.com> wrote:
> "netvegetable" <n...@all.com> wrote in message
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> news:chvkk.6612$tg.621@fe119.usenetserver.com...
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> > On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:32:51 +1000, Wayne. wrote:
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> >> netvegetable wrote:
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> >>> Please return to putting up news items as mp4/wmv/mpg files.
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> >>> 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.
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> >>> 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.
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> >> If your 'morally' chosen OS does not have support for Flash, then
> >> contact Adobe.
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> > 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?

I give up?  But you're a top poster, so you probably don't know
yourself.

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Subject: Re: Open letter to ABC
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