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Originally Posted by mjh215
I agree it is not an ebook format, but it can easily be argued to be the 'de facto standard' format that ebooks have been distributed in. I simply dislike the that term, dfs, because of that reason. It is being used here as a means to an end, and yet it requires the arguing of definitions to qualify it.
It seems that way to me as well.
Because companies always like to have closed proprietary formats for the illusion of control. It is up to the consumer and knowledgable professionals to fight that as much as possible even if it can be a losing battle.
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As for the MP3/OGG thread, I wouldn't purchase or support purchasing MP3's either. I own CD's (And vinyl  ) with my archival format of choice for the longest time being FLAC, though now with HD's so cheap I just image them. I will listen to MP3 and Vorbis, but would not use either as my archival format.
-MJ |
I must admit that I've only got a few FLAC files, and predominantly use MP3, buy MP3 now. I hate that it's not open-source, but in this case I have become so used to it over the years, built such a collection, that I'm loathe to re-invest the time and effort to lug all the cases down from the attic and re-rip everything to FLAC/open formats
