[vorbis] Forwarded bounce about advocacy/ Diamond Rio

[Per Wigren]

I sent them a nice letter.. ;-)

// Wigren

öndagen den 19 augusti 2001 08:34 skrev du:
> This was originally bounced due to being sent in HTML format.  It's
> full of useful information, so I'll forward it myself :-)
>
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> From: Henry Rearden <hjr at rand.com>
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> Subject: Rio Volt, RCA Lyra, and other players
>
>
> I've posted this here before, but the topic has come up again
> so I'll summarize my old posts.
>
> I contacted DiamondMM/SonicBlue several times about getting Ogg
> support into the Rio500 (which is firmware upgradeable and features the
> words "supports future music formats" prominently on all the literature).
> Their response was pretty consistent: we don't support it because it's not
> a widespread, "industry standard" (their words) format. I did get the
> distinct
> impression that if there was ever going to be Ogg support in the 500 or any
> of the newer players (which are all firmware upgradeable as far as I know),
> _it would require lots of people to contact them and request it_. The
> contact
> information I have is:
>
> SonicBlue
>   product/technical support: (541) 967-2450
>   pre-sales/customer support: (800) 468-5846
>   main Rio web page: http://www.riohome.com/
>   Rio contacts page: http://www.riohome.com/presscontacts.htm
>   PR Manager, Rio USA: Paul Crossley, pcross at sonicblue.com
>
>  From a June 2001 post to this list, it may be worth pursuing the same
> strategy
> with Creative Labs, makers of the Nomad line of portable players. The
> suggestion
> there was to write a paper letter (not email) to:
>
> Kevin Young
> Product Marketing Manager
> Creative Labs, Inc.
> 1901 McCarthy Blvd.
> Milpitas, CA 95035
>
> Finally, given that Thomson owns RCA and also administers MP3 licenses on
> behalf of Fraunhofer IIS, I'll bet the conversation anyone has with them
> regarding
> Ogg support may be, uh, interesting. But it's still worth a try.
>
> Bottom line: if we want solid Ogg/Vorbis support on portable hardware,
> we're going to have to ask for it (nicely, but persistently).
>
> -HJR
>
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