[H-GEN] linux weekly news podcast

David Seikel onefang at gmail.com
Tue May 15 02:32:55 EDT 2012


On Tue, 15 May 2012 16:12:59 +1000 James Purser
<james at jamespurser.com.au> wrote:

> When I ran the la podcast and open source on the air I offered both
> mp3 and ogg. The mp3 version of each cast was the most downloaded by
> a factor of 10 - 1.
> 
> As to the value of podcasts over text. Both fill different
> requirements. I can't read an article while I'm driving or hanging
> out the washing.

Clinton pointed out in his other email that the podcast is another
option, there already is a text version.  So ogg is just another option
that ten percent of listeners want.  I'd call that a decent enough
demand to supply both audio formats.

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coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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