Thread: What will the Nook & Kindle do to Astak?
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Old 07-07-2010, 07:40 AM   #97
John F
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Originally Posted by Robertb View Post
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We did know, from the start, that our business model was very different from Amazon (and now Barnes and Noble). Both of these two wanted total control of the market. Buy their device and resign yourself to one format, one bookstore, one wirless destination, and the "All Seeing Eye". We set out to offer end users the right to make their own minds up and we hoped that people would rallye round our flag like frontiersman rallyed round Old Hickory Jackson during the War of 1812 and saved New Orleans and America!

Unfortunately, controlling the market seems to have won out as the business model.
Just in case there is anyone new to ereaders, the Nook isn't that bad. It supports EPub, so is probably just as "open" as the Astak. It even supports some formats/DRM that Astak doesn't.
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