Re: [playogg-discuss] Hardware that supports Ogg Vorbis

[Matt Ivie]

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>    1. Re: Hardware that supports Ogg Vorbis (Aaron S. Hawley)
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> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:49:56 -0400
> From: "Aaron S. Hawley" <address@hidden>
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> Folks should volunteer with FSF.  There's no reason not to contribute
> to the campaigns against Microsoft and Apple and still promote
> unencumbered media formats.  Obviously, knowledgeable people are
> needed to offer specific alternatives in these discussions.
> 
> > More to your original question - Ogg Vorbis support overall is actually 
> > pretty widespread,
> > but abysmally unadvertised. Many devices that actually support it don't 
> > even mention it
> > anywhere (e.g. lots of Android-based devices.  ALL Android devices support 
> > Ogg Vorbis
> > audio for example, but a lot of them only mention mp3, aac, wma, etc. in 
> > their specifications.)
> 
> An easy thing to do is probably to update the xiph.org Wiki.  There's
> a lot of good historical information on Ogg hardware, it just needs an
> update.  If the FSF gets back to these campaigns in the future, it
> will likely be relying on that Wiki for the campaign.
> 
> aaron
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Aaron

Specifically do you have some suggestions of how to volunteer with the
FSF?

I think it's good to spread awareness of the things Microsoft and Apple
are doing but it is a bit of an uphill battle trying to appeal to people
that are users of those companies' products. It seems like there should
be a more productive way to spread awareness of the ideals of the FSF.
I'm not trying to be critical but rather to be forward thinking. I don't
have any direct ideas but I do get frustrated with the difficulties of
what Free Software users face.

I do like your suggestion of helping to update the xiph.org wiki. That's
something that people can easily help with.

Matt
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