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Originally Posted by asjogren
Pocketbook - how about a "dual boot" series of eReaders? Boot one way to read Amazon Kindle DRM (assuming you can strike a deal with Amazon) and boot the other to read Adobe ADEPT DRM.
Not to downplay the technology challenge, but since both are a version of Linux and both run an ARM capable CPU - perhaps the biggest challenge would be contractual.
I certainly would be willing to wait a minute or two to reboot to change capabilities.
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All the problem is contractual. There would be no need for dual boot or even different readers if they just allowed it.
Real solution is killing DRM. As in music or games DRM only makes life harder for those who actually buy their books. People who pirate books don't even notice DRM and I believe even buying book and then stripping DRM out of it is trivial. Only effect of DRM is that it encourages pirating since it is so much easier to pirate book than figure out if DRM of certain shop works on your reader.