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Old 03-04-2012, 10:49 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
There are two questions.

(1) Are Kindles "Personal Computers"?
(2) If so, are Kindles and Amazon's servers part of a "Personal Computer Network"

I'd say no to both.
They are computers. But are they *personal* computers? I think of personal computers as a species of general-purpose computers. And while a Kindle can be converted to a general-purpose computer (jailbreak, and then you can run whatever you like on it), it isn't one out of the box.
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