Thread: Is it time to subcategorize electronic books?
View Single Post
Old 11-22-2007, 08:38 AM   #9
Steven Lyle Jordan
Grand Sorcerer
Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Steven Lyle Jordan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Steven Lyle Jordan's Avatar
 
Posts: 8,478
Karma: 5171130
Join Date: Jan 2006
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barcey View Post
The other thought was could companies who insist they need the proprietary formats and DRM provide some sort of guarantee that if they're not around in 5 years a conversion utility would be available for convert forward to another format. Most companies would probably choose not to and if their books are clearly categorized with that life expectancy I don't have a problem with it.
Any company would "promise" that... but if they have problems, they're just going to go Chapter 11 and slink away, and if anyone questions their "promises," they'll just shrug and say, "Heh. Yeah. Sorry about that."
Steven Lyle Jordan is offline   Reply With Quote