[Liverpool] proprietary formats @ liverpool uni

[Giacomo Lacava]

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> To suggest that you should bother googling
>  _because_ the file is supplied in a non-free format is being bloody minded
>  IMO.

"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people
attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore,
depends on unreasonable people."

George Bernard Shaw

:)

cheers
Giacomo

>
>
>  > Secondly, what happens next
>  > time an article is made available in this format? If you're going to try
>  > to change things, sooner is better than later.
>  >
>
>  Which could be effected much quicker if you were to show the originator the
>  error of their ways in a polite manner. Barking at them about WINE this and
>  compiling that isn't the right way to go about it. Getting hold of the
>  document in html format with the attached web collatoral, and feeding back
>  to the originator in an open format such as a zip file might yield better
>  results. Perhaps with a note saying "In the future I and other people would
>  appreciate it if you take this approach to the distribution of files".
>
>
>  > Making any data available as an exe file is a terrible idea, particularly
>  > for Windows users. Forcing people to download and run executable files is
>  > an easy way to infect their machines.
>  >
>
>  I never advocated otherwise. I merely attempted to assist someone in
>  unpacking what was originally suggested to be self extracting zip archive.
>
>  I have to say I find it somewhat ironic that the complainant here is making
>  a big deal about file distribution in open formats then brazenly states that
>  the file opened fine on an Apple Mac running Quicktime. Not exactly the
>  bastian of open source products is it? :)
>
>  Cheers,
>  Al.
>
>
>
>
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Giacomo Lacava