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Old 03-05-2008, 11:37 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by radleyp View Post
I am very surprised by these comments. When Steve Jobs said pretty much the same thing, there was on this site a hue and cry about how wrong he was. So, if I understand correctly, Cory Doctorow is more of an authority in these matters than Steve Jobs.
I think the reaction was more to Jobs saying (if memory serves) that nobody reads anymore, not that a dedicated e-book readers weren't going to catch on. That's probably the difference.

Certainly I find what Doctorow is saying here to have more substance than I did Jobs' comments.
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