Thread: Has open source helped or hindered the e-book industry?
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:55 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
Is it worth mentioning that several ebook reading devices use open source OS's to run their devices -- e.g. Kindle is run on Linux, nook is run on Android.

I think it's pretty clear that open source is not responsible for the proliferation of formats, or for driving anyone away from ebooks.
Just to be nit picky, but Android is more or less a linux distro.
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