Re: New OpenVMS-Integrity Video

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Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:59:39 GMT

In article <1110164660.97d1f060235acede8ac7ee82fd12e755@teranews>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> writes:
>David J Dachtera wrote:
>
>> Yes. However, we want that message to be consistent. That is, VMS info.
>> dissemination should not be exclusive of VMS systems (running Mozilla,
>> Opera, Mosaic, ...).

Or of my Mac without having to pollute its pristine waters with the be-
fouling stench of effluent from that Redmond cyber-sewage plant.

>Which si why choosing an open non proprietary standard to dissminate
>information should be done. And that rules out Microsoft proprietary
>video formats.
>
>If the microsoft video software is able to play standard formats such as
>MPEG, then using open standards would only make VMS materials available
>to a wider audience without preventing anyone from viewing it, as the
>current proprietary format does.

Exactly. You and David and a few others seem to be able to grasp this
but the current faineant owners of VMS remain clueless.

  

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