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Old 03-03-2008, 12:45 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by Snuffi View Post
In most countries the law clearly states that if there's something "fishy" about the deal (and that extends to "it's just too cheap to be true") you can't claim "good faith" and the rules for companies are much more strict than for end-users.
If that's the case, a hell of a lot of people are in the same boat. The Gen3 is using PVI's "reference platform" for its hardware, as are Hanlin, and a number of other eInk devices on the market. I strongly suspect that all the "internals" originate in the same factory somewhere, and that if the manufacturer is refusing to release the source code to Bookeen, the same is true for all the other licencees, too.

That doesn't make it "right", obviously.
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