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Article #30Re: Open letter to ABC
From: Horry
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00
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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. 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. > 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. Has the ABC given a reason for stopping providing news items in MP4/WMV/ MPG formats? And isn't WMV also a proprietary format?
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