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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Content Server, which is the Adobe DRM server software, is being updated (already is?) to add the option of password based (B&N style) encryption.
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At which point the "other guys" will have a chance to sell, via PC, to Nook customers already trained to wirelessly go straight to B&N's store. Seems like a stacked deck to me.
Plus, let's not forget B&N's deal with Pandigital to hook up *their* reader to B&N's ebook store. If they make other deals like that with other hardware vendors they'll have a huge visibility advantage.
Everybody thinks Nook is gunning for Amazon's business, and they are to an extent, but to a greater extent they are gunning for everybody else's business first. We may not get to a two-player race, but its likely we'll see a three-point-something player race with all the other ADE licensees adding up less than one full-fledged player.
Not a fun place to be if you're one of the "others".