Natch,
I'm pretty sure that LRF doesn't require Windows either. That wasn't my point. My point was that licensing LRF to other ebook readers *WON'T* sell more Sony ebook readers! After all, Sony isn't in the business of creating and marketing software solutions.
And you're missing my *other* point as well. The LIT format *REQUIRES* that litgen.dll be placed on the device which will be reading the LIT ebook. Guess what? Linux on the eInk devices won't run litgen! Oh sure, the PCs and Macs will be quite useful for downloading LIT ebooks, but the point is to be able to open and *READ* LIT ebooks on an eInk reader. That pretty much means LIT won't be available until someone releases an eInk reader that uses WinMobile or WinXP/Vista as its primary OS.
GAWD! I'd rather be forced to learn cuniform to read my books than have to experience an eInk reader running under WinVista!
Derek
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Originally Posted by NatCh
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?  |