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Originally Posted by Abelturd
This situation with every manufacturer having his own in-house firmware (de facto operating system) only contributes to the general chaos.
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That shouldn't be a problem. Every MP3 player has its own firmware/operating system. But they all can play MP3 files. That's the only thing that counts. Ereaders can be based on Linux, Windows, OS/2, CP/M OSX or DOS. As long as you can read books its fine with the ordinary person reading a book. For that reader it is also not important what format the book is in. As long as it is available and readable.
I'm perfectly happy with mobi. I have no reason at all to change to ePub. A lot of people seem to thing that moving to ePub is something like heaven on earth. But in practice it does not really matter what format is chosen. We need standards. But LIT will work and Mobi will work and ePub and HTML will work. All have specific advantages and disadvantages.