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Originally Posted by fugazied
A revolution held back by the publishers who are concerned about losing their bottom line. It's a weird situation where consumers will have to drag publishers forward using market forces and big carrots.
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It is NOT a 'weird' situation. This is perfectly normal for any emerging market. The bleeding-edge types start using the stuff before it makes any sense to, then the 'innovators' types jump on, as the tech becomes more stable the 'early-adopters' climb on board and finally, about the time the manufacturers figure out that the market not only exists, but is stable and is growing (Gosh durn it! We need to tell people about this wonderful product!), the mainstream customers are champing at the bits to buy theirs! Eventually, as the market fades into senescence, the 'late-adopters' jump in and wonder why everyone else has stopped using it and consider them to be fuddy-duddys.
Derek