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Originally Posted by arivero
I agree that iRex team seems more enthusiast about linux that, er, Sony. It took one year to crack into the librie (japanese hackers, there are not) and there was no clue of a decent X server inside nor any communication tool (the hacker entering there did a tunnel across USB, no ppp avalaible neither).
In fact while I expect we iReX will not raise issues about programming the machine, the trick we are using to activate the network can cause some headaches to Sony... as far as I know, acrobat reader also complies the \Launch specification of pdf. So perhaps we are causing a shipping delay... for the Sony Reader.
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The Sony Reader does use Linux, according to their web page, anyway. I haven't been able to identify the version, unfortunately, but everyone else seems to be using 2.4, so I suppose it's as good a wild guess as any.
I'm wondering if Sony might actually be less concerned about hacking on the Reader than we might guess -- after all, that would be where other reader software would most likely come from, which would increase the scope of usability (and therefore demand) for the device....
Wishful thinking, perhaps -- I guess we'll just have to hack the rascal and see how they react to know for sure.
