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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: "A Modest Proposal" - was [Re: flash? [OT]] |
| Date | 2016-03-16 02:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <rd8L0-1Vv-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rcDxx-6eX-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <rd0kp-4Bs-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <rd7OV-1kw-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Wednesday 16 March 2016 00:42:48 Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 3/15/2016 11:45 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 March 2016 10:35:12 Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> On 3/15/2016 3:57 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >>> The BBC isn't going to take a blind bit of notice if Brian and I don't
> >>> watch Happy Valley. It really isn't going to care. It has its licence
> >>> money.
> >>>
> >>> Even Channel 4, which relies on advertising for its revenue, is totally
> >>> indifferent to the fact that Linux users can't watch it on a computer.
> >>> Well, Brian probably can. But he hasn't let the rest of us into the
> >>> secret. [snip]
> >>
> >> Have any that think flash is inferior actually written a polite
> >> letter {preferably the snail mail variety] to a senior executive
> >> (President, CEO, COO, etc) of the content provider?
> >
> > And in the context of my posting "the content provider" would be?
> >
> > Do you really think that no-one, out of 60,000,000 potential users, a few
> > of whom use Linux, has thought of asking??? But tell me who you think
> > the content provider is, and I'll try again. I admittedly used
> > electronic means. The BBC has improved things. At least we can now get
> > it. (As opposed to not getting it at all.)
> >
> > Lisi
[snip]
>
> For an explicit response to your question, before you clicked on
> a link, whose logo was most prominent? They have likely paid cold
> hard cash to someone. I doubt they would appreciate paying
> someone to trash their reputation.
In the context of what I originally said this makes absolutely no sense at
all. Sorry. That was why I asked what you meant. You simply didn't read
the thread.
And what worked 50 years ago wouldn't work now anyway.
Lisi
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