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Article #3Re: Open letter to ABC
From: netvegetable
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:17
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:17
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:00:31 +1000, B J Foster 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. >> >> > Hear, hear! > > Why not post the contact and address, so that others can send them the > same message http://www.abc.net.au/news/contact/feedback.htm -- 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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