Some History (January 6th, 2006 ): Sony "confusing the world about formats"
http://www.teleread.org/2006/01/06/p...med-pdf-files/
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eBabel confusion in action
There’s no doubt that Sony is now confusing the world about formats. Even a Sony tech person was convinced that the Sony Reader could read DRMed PDF.
If Sony people are confused–along with BusinessWeek–what about consumers? I know Sony wants to make a killing through its use of a proprietary format and be the Kong of e-books. But so do Adobe and Microsoft! Better to settle for a smaller share of a much bigger market that OpenReader will make possible.
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