OT: World Radio Online

OT: World Radio Online

[Nate Bargmann]

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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Re: OT: World Radio Online

[Maynard Wright]

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

[John D. Hays]

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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-qx95VtOkOx/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> 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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