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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Question. Would not their shareholders best be served by firmware that provided a maximum of format compatibility.
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Obviously not. You are implying that the manufacturers you've mentioned are stupid.
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As I point out, this isn't a technology issue, it's a philosophical issue.
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Businesses don't care much about philosophy when it comes to profit and loss accounting.
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Would this not provide a better product for a wider variety of purchasers?
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Better? What means "better"? The average customer don't care much about the ebook format wars. But yes, maybe their products would be better for a lot of their customers if they would support a wider range of ebook formats. But as you know customer satisfaction is only one of many factors when it comes to managerial decisions.
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Instead, we see all effort put on a proprietary format, with other formats being limited in number and crippled in performance, usually to support a corporate proprietary download service. And the worst offenders of this are Amazon and Sony.
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At least Sony supports many formats (including ePub with and without DRM) either directly on the devices or via conversion. Amazon offers a conversion service.