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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.

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.

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