Re: New OpenVMS-Integrity Video

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Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:00:44 GMT

In article <1110202502.379893.267700@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "Alan Greig" <greigaln@netscape.net> writes:
>
>VAXman-@SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Maybe they will believe Microsoft then because even Windows Media 9 can
>produce (more or less) standards compliant output.
>
>"Windows Media Video 9 VCM provides the quality and flexibility of
>Windows Media Video without requiring the Advanced Systems Format (ASF)
                                           
Anything that incorporates "Advanced Systems" is a sleazy brain***. 

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