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Originally Posted by NatCh
True, but that's beside the point -- perhaps I misunderstood, but you seemed to be suggesting that because Mobi is the only one who makes a converter for their format, that they then control what content could go into their format.
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They do, to an extent. Today, for example, only people who use Windows can make MobiPocket content.
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Originally Posted by NatCh
Since they don't control the actual conversion process (having released their converter into the wild) they don't really have any control over what those 'in the wild' converters are used to convert.
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And if they change the format? Then those converters can only be used with older readers and the converters become useless after a while.
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Originally Posted by NatCh
Even if they drop the format and stop distributing the converter they still couldn't control what the converter was used to convert. That's all I was saying.
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No. But the output from the old converter would become useless.
How many 5.25" diskettes do you have? How about 3.5" diskettes?
Formats change. While old formats may be used over time, sooner or later the hardware stops supporting it, or simply isn't sold anymore.