Explaining Open Standards email attachements

[Matt Lee]

On 04/05/10 12:55, Sam Liddicott wrote:

> However this is not true; if I send proprietary mp3 I *know* my
> recipient can read it unless they took steps not to be able to.

Actually, I don't think that's true. MP3 support is not included with
many distributions of GNU/Linux for patent reasons.

> If I send open standards ogg I *know* that my recipient cannot read it
> unless they took steps to be able to.

If you interact with primarily users of free operating systems, this
would be a better choice than MP3.

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