[Ham-Linux] [linuxham] OT: World Radio Online

[John D. Hays]

The Linux crowd alone probably won't affect them as much as the iOS crowd
(iPad users) which also does not provide native flash support.

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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 06:23, Maynard Wright <m-wright at eskimo.com> wrote:

> I agree.  Since I use Linux only and do not have Flash, I'll not be a
> potential customer of theirs.
>
> 73,
>
> Maynard
> W6PAP
>
>
> On Thursday 20 October 2011 05:32:09 Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > For those of us who have been subscribers to World Radio and then have
> > viewed it via the downloadable PDF for the past almost three years, the
> > next issue, November 2011, will revert to paid subscription.  In itself
> > the subscription is not so bad as the way it will be done.  WRO will be
> > hosted by Zinio which only offers us Linux users the ability to view the
> > content via a Flash plugin.  No offline reader is available and even if
> > it were, the content is in their proprietary format.  This is
> > unacceptable to me and for the first time since January 1984, I will not
> > receive a new monthly issue of World Radio.
> >
> > I'm sure the powers that be at CQ Communications couldn't care less
> > about me or the few other Linux using hams that enjoyed World Radio,
> > otherwise a more equitable solution would have been offered.  Vendor
> > lockin is a non-starter in my shack.  If a PDF version is offered once
> > again, I will reconsider but for now I must vote by keeping my wallet
> > closed.
> >
> > 73, de Nate >>
>
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