Well, if you go by the rules of logic this statement
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Originally Posted by kaas
Thus it is to be expected that other applications which allow the reading of adobe epub will be removed...
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does not follow from this statement
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"[...]Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple's DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers.[...]"
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He is talking about ePub content purchased from Apple, which content includes Apple's DRM; and then bringing in the idea that once you purchase an Apple iBook you will not be able to read that iBook on a Kindle (as an example) eReader Device. So if he is knocking something he is knocking the idea of purchasing content from iBooks.
He is not talking about firing up your iPad, IGNORING the iBook app on the iPad, and then invoking your NYTimes Reader or your Barnes and Noble Reader to read content that did not come from the Apple Store. The applications I mention do not know how to decode Apple DRM, but they do not care either.
THEN the article you reference goes on to talk about how consumers of FLASH content are out of luck with the iPad; which is of course true, since you do not purchase such content and store it but consume it on the fly, and no one is making FLASH consumption available on the iPad (probably because the processor can't handle it? - just a guess on my part).
If you are saying you prefer to have one Reading Application on your multi-application iPad, then yes, I agree that preference is a non-starter with the iPad and you would not want to acquire one.
Not buying into the idea that the Barnes and Noble iPhone eReader is roadkill UNTIL Apple says explicitly "it is history."