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Originally Posted by wodin
It looks like B&N has certainly raised the bar. I am very interested in seeing what others will do.
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As am I, though Sony's track record is somewhat skewed. Yes, their PS3 had some open functionality (parts of it are an open linux distro to my knowledge), but the core functionality was still closed off and they have some serious protection in place against custom software that wants to utilize the full potential of said hardware. The PRS-505 was modded easily enough, but the PRS-600 firmware in turn is completely inaccessible.
Will they listen to the requests of personal software developers? I doubt it - after all, it was Sony a few years ago that installed rootkits when you used their music, with the excuse that "most users would not even know what a rootkit is anyway".
Of course, with all the DRM restrictions etcetera Amazon has put up I would be mildly surprised if they thought differently on 'open' soft- or hardware. We'll see
