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Fat Abe · 05-17-2013, 05:39 PM

While open standards and architecture have a lot of long term advantages, they hinder rapid prototyping and the addition of extensions to a format or language. The 'S' in Standards committees should really stand for SLOW. Let the marketplace decide with respect to formats. Ebooks are very different from Vhs or Beta tapes. As long as you can remove DRM and convert from one format to another, you can't be held prisoner to one standard. I voted for epub with my wallet, and other than dictionaries, I see no reason to lug around a Kindle.

05-17-2013, 05:39 PM	#5
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,826 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	While open standards and architecture have a lot of long term advantages, they hinder rapid prototyping and the addition of extensions to a format or language. The 'S' in Standards committees should really stand for SLOW. Let the marketplace decide with respect to formats. Ebooks are very different from Vhs or Beta tapes. As long as you can remove DRM and convert from one format to another, you can't be held prisoner to one standard. I voted for epub with my wallet, and other than dictionaries, I see no reason to lug around a Kindle.