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Originally Posted by tompe
But if they releay two different firmwares for old Cybook then it would have been more confusing to have a different brand also.
I look forward to having ePub support and I hope MobiPocket will die as a format since it is technically inferior compared to ePub.
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Well, considering that the hardware is the same they effectively *DO* relay two different firmwares for the old Cybook as people might install the Weltbild one, e.g. if they buy mostly from one of the publishers preferring ePub.
The different brand would just be useful to help people along (one would have to know which FW they have to effectively help) and avoid confusion when selling a pre-owned Cybook.
It also wouldn't have to be an entirely different brand. A simple "Cybook Gen3+" or "Cybook Gen3 ePub edition" would suffice. People on the forum here could just ask users to read the label to them and would know which type of the Cybook they have.
The only good thing about format wars is that many people realise how dangerous it is to have DRM as they stand to lose all their books when their format dies. Only DRM-free books are a safe investment as there will always be some kind soul out there to write a conversion utility. (I wonder what all those people who bought HD-DVDs and players would have to say to this)
