Thread: Why Adobe?
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Old 01-19-2013, 07:41 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
The ePub spec was loose and allowed different interpretations so early ePubs would not render the same everywhere. Adobe had more clients so *their* interpretation of the spec, their "flavor" of ePub was the baseline. Calibre adopted Adobe compatibility as its baseline.
Would you please explain the bold bit in more detail? And is this historical information, or how is it true today?

I understand about different implementations of a spec. I'm wondering how this impacts today's Calibre users.
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