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Originally Posted by jbenny
Technically, I don't see any reason that someone couldn't incorporate LIT support into an existing reader. The compression used is LZX. You would also have to handle the DRM. Both of these are handled by ConvertLIT, so I don't see why a reader program couldn't do it on the fly. And there is no reason any of this couldn't be done on a non-Windows platform.
The only real potential problem is legal. Would MS sue you into oblivion if you added LIT capablilty to your software?
Actually, I don't understand why MS themselves haven't ported Reader to other non-Windows platforms. The software is actually quite nice for reading. It is a shame that it is not more widely available. And if I were really dreaming, it would be even better if MS Reader could read other ebook formats as well as LIT.
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Technically I think Microsoft would love to have an embedded WinCE OS inside an eBook reader. And probably enough to supply their Reader to get a leg in that market. So far Linux has dominated and the are becoming rivals in the embeded OS arena. I have seen WinCE inside a GPS by Magellan and others (really embedded not a visible OS) so why not. It would be a good market for them. I that happened I might get excited also.
The only caveat is that they don't have a version that can work without a touch screen. They currently don't support their own smartphones for that reason. But that of course is only SMOP (Samll matter of programming).
Dale