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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 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 |
What I did was purchase a Rio Karma that plays Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and MP3. So I am all set for whatever format I want. And if I ever purchase a different DAP, I'll go with Cowon who support FLAC, Ogg, MP3 and sometimes APE. All for less then an iPod.
And speaking of iPods, don't ever get one. Because then you'll be stuck with iTunes which is the worst piece of shite I've ever had the displeasure to use.