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Originally Posted by Sirtel
But what would be the use of calibre OS when there isn't any open-source ereader it could run on? (Besides PineNote, and I don't consider that an ereader). It'd be just a lot of effort without any purpose, as things stand now. Yes, you said that designing the software should come first, but it's very unlikely anyone would be willing to put in that much effort with only one device it could run on, and said device being very, very niche. I think the hardware must come first in this case. We already have KOReader, which could be the default reading software, and once there is enough interest in the device, someone might develop alternate OSes for it.
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What about an alternative plan? Rather than argue about the priority for chicken and egg, why not do both? Calibre could contact Pine64 and work together to create an open e-reader with calibre OS. Pine64 does the hardware. Calibre does the software. Chicken-egg!