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Old 06-18-2007, 01:16 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by delphidb96 View Post
And supporting BBeB (LRF) is going to be almost as tough as LIT because it also is a proprietary format. I believe, but I don't know for sure, that it doesn't require Windows-specific DLLs, but do you really believe Sony will *want* to license the LRF format to its competitors?
I'll take a swing at those two, Derek.

I'm pretty sure that LRF support can be done without Windows specific anything since the Reader itself runs a variant of Linux as its OS, so that falls into the category of (I actually get to use this correctly!) Q.E.D.

I do believe (though let me be clear that it's my opinion, and even I recognize that it could be wrong, but don't tell my brothers I said any such thing!) that Sony would love to license the BBeB format to its competitors. I expect that everyone who has come up with a proprietary format has done so with the hope, however secret, that their format might become the 'standard' format. Otherwise, why not just use an existing one?
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