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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:14 +0000, Horry wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:50:16 +0000, 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.
> 
> The ABC isn't "trying" to lock you into using proprietary software. 

They just want us to use proprietary software to view their content. 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the effect of that, is to help Adobe make 
that pty software standard for viewing video content. And the ultimate 
effect of that, for all intents and purposes, is to lock us all in.

> It's
> simply providing what the vast majority of the public wants -- that is,
> news in a format that is compatible with the software pre-installed on
> their computers.

And I don't have a problem with the content being available in that 
format. What I have a problem with is it NOT also being available in MPG 
or MCF, or any sort of format I can view with an open source player. 

> 
>> 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.
> 
> Unfortunately for you, there probably aren't enough voters/tax-payers
> who feel the same way.

Well regardless of how other voters/tax-payers feel, I still think it is 
wrong that you should be forced to use proprietary software, to view 
content you've already payed for with your taxes. 

> Has the ABC given a reason for stopping providing news items in MP4/WMV/
> MPG formats?  

Not as far as I know.

> And isn't WMV also a proprietary format?

It is actually. My error.

They should provide either Matrovska, MCF, and MPEG files of all their 
video content. ogg for all their audio content. Any format that can be 
viewed with an open source player like Mplayer, or VLC.

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