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Old 09-10-2011, 04:01 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Ankh View Post
Uhm, the list of companies that make "OSS-friendly" embedded platforms is not very long. Currently, ASUS is high on my list of interesting vendors; for how long, remains to be seen. Once upon a time, I had hopes that Sony will see the light, and those hopes were based on PS support for other OS's. I chose my reader with high hopes that OpenInkpot will end up running on that device. I was wrong, QED.

I don't "whine" about Sony practices. They are free to do whatever they please, as long as it is legal. I reserve right to warn others against repeating my mistakes, though.
Like I said, I recognize that there are currently limitations in the ereader market. I should have been more specific - people who buy those devices, complain, and then chastise people for looking for open-source alternatives are the ones I find ironic. I do get that there is currently no widely available/well-liked ereader that is truly open source (although there are many that are a hell of a lot better than some of the big names).

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