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Re: Open letter to ABC

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From: netvegetable
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


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