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I tend not to trust the Kindle for the same reasons given as to why the "Sony Sucks."
Amazon owns Mobipocket and the Mobireader software they employ. There is nothing to stop Amazon in the future from locking the Mobireader software to only work with books purchased through the Amazon store. I don't know that Jeff intends to lock the Kindle in the future, but I tend not to trust large, multinational corporations.
In the Sony's case, they support the open epub format. This allows me to purchase books not only from Sony, but from a variety of sources, including the author's own site in many cases. Today that is true of both the Kindle and the Sony, however, I think it's much more likely that Amazon would lock the Kindle to their store than Sony would lock their Reader to their store.
As nice as Jeff can make the Kindle, I don't think I'll ever be a purchaser of it; not unless every other manufacturer of ebooks goes bust (a thought I don't relish, but is entirely possible).
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