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Originally Posted by HarryT
Hi Derek,
Do you really think that there are "many" people who don't have access to a Windows PC? As I understand it, Windows has somewhere around a mid-90s % market share of the desktop market, with the Mac running at about 5% and Linux well under 1%. While many people may wish for a native Linux or Mac version of "Connect", I suspect that most of those people do have access to a machine running Windows if they're being honest about it  .
I very much believe that being able to buy books using a simple web browser is a far more convenient approach, but I'm unconvinced that "Connect" being Windows-only is really a practical problem for many people. |
Harry,
You may be right. I don't dispute your guesstimate for Windoze vs Linux/Mac ownership - after all, I'm viewing this edit box using IE7... But I've had frustration with Connect, even under Windoze. Not to mention the fact that Connect offers so few of the titles I want - and which I *can* get through the various sites offering Mobipocket versions of titles. All the more reason to buy a Mobi-capable eInk reader.
Derek