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Originally Posted by ricdiogo
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Great to hear such an open and optimistic approach, however, my concern is if there's more than way to do, it will confuse people.
It's very true with Linux, which despite having numerous distributions and being free, has not reached any sensible adoption rate.
It is only after concrete business entities have formed that users could rely on for support, updates and a roadmap, that serious business started moving to linux.
Last I tried getting some project Gutenberg book on an iPhone, there was at least five different ways to do it: through a kindle app, through stanza directly, through stanza indirectly, through safari... that's confusing
If I start to read a book as webpage and continue on stnaza, it will not know where I've left off etc. Like I said it's a little confusing, so while I agree that you should promote openness and sharing, there should be one 'recommended' channel for mainstream readers of project Gutenberg books.
It's all about usability and the experience that people have..