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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'll posit that it's only mainstream if a significant number of people do it.
Yes, Microsoft Reader has been around for almost ten years. But who actually uses it to read ebooks? The main reason most folks I know of get ebooks in MS Reader format is because it's dead easy to strip the DRM and put them into the format they want to read them in. 
A lot of folks simply aren't comfortable reading extensively on a PC screen. One reason dedicated readers are popular is the eInk screen. |
The last time I've checked, "Microsoft" was not a humanitarian organization. If their Reader is still alive after almost a decade, they surely made some money out of it.
I don't know how many people are still using it, but I
am guessing that for all MS OSes (and it is not only Windows, but Windows Mobile and WinCE, as well) it is still a very viable option. That application was the best reader available for my late WebDT375, nothing could even touch their ClearType clarity, clean interface and feature set. And I do Linux for living, so no Microsoft bias on this side. But I do wish there was a version of MS reader for my Sony 505.