Every action has a reaction - electronic text content providers - Page 2

HarryT · 10-02-2011, 10:28 AM

You can post all the photos you want - it's still wrong

. Duokan runs under Linux. End of story.

Given that you're not a Kindle owner, and I seriously doubt that you have any intention of buying one, why do you care?

Font · 10-02-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

You can post all the photos you want - it's still wrong

. Duokan runs under Linux. End of story.

If you don't believe it, here is some more photo evidence from Bing internet search engine this time, the previous ones were from Google internet search engine:

HarryT · 10-02-2011, 10:38 AM

Feel free to post 1000 more pictures - I'm not going to change my opinion. You're merely illustrated the fact that there are a lot of people out there who don't know what the phrase "operating system" actually means.

abookreader · 10-02-2011, 10:45 AM

Um ..... Am I the only one that is totally lost?

Who cares if it is a different operating system or not? (although Harry is correct, it isn't) What does that have to do with Amazon being a Monopoly (which they aren't)?

And what other answer could there possibly be then to buy a different product which suits your needs?

From the structure of your posts, I get the feeling that English is not your main language. I suspect you'd be better off with an ePub reader which would allow you to more easily purchase from other sources than Amazon.

HarryT · 10-02-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by abookreader

Who cares if it is a different operating system or not? (although Harry is correct, it isn't) What does that have to do with Amazon being a Monopoly (which they aren't)?

Since when have we had to have a reason to have entirely pointless debates?

Daveoc64 · 10-02-2011, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Font

Using an alternative operating system on the Amazon electronic readers is better because then the Amazon store monopoly goes and the every action has a reaction burden is reduced. The corporate tie-in is disrupted and this provides consumer choice to shop at another electronic text store.

This is just plain wrong.

Installing something like Duokan on your Kindle will not give you any more choice.

It cannot read DRM protected ePub files which is really the only thing offered by anyone that is similar to Amazon's store.

Right now, a Kindle with unmodified software can read ebooks purchased from many different sites - as long as they are in PDF or Mobi format.

I have bought many books this way because they aren't offered on the Kindle Store.

Amazon does not have a monopoly:

-Of the e-reader market: there are several competing devices and vertically integrated stores (like the Nook)
-Of eBook sales for Kindle users: you can buy books from many sources in several different formats

Ron. · 10-02-2011, 11:53 AM

Threads like this are the best thing on mobileread

Harry_Y · 10-02-2011, 12:00 PM

Yea that Dirty rotten Amazon.

abookreader · 10-02-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron.

Threads like this are the best thing on mobileread

Probably best read in a pharmaceutically enhanced state though and not on a Sunday morning. (At least for me).

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Installing something like Duokan on your Kindle will not give you any more choice.

Well, I think it does give you the ability to read Chinese characters on the Kindle, which is what it was designed for the way I understand it. Unless something has changed recently I don't think an un-altered Kindle has that ability.

It seems like a heck of a lot of work though to go through simply to be able to put a non-DRM'd ePub on a Kindle. Most of us here can manage that with just a couple of mouse clicks.

pidgeon92 · 10-02-2011, 01:07 PM

If it is on The Google, it must be true.

Font · 10-02-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Feel free to post 1000 more pictures - I'm not going to change my opinion. You're merely illustrated the fact that there are a lot of people out there who don't know what the phrase "operating system" actually means.

There is the general Linux operating system code base and there are specific Linux distributions (distros). Each / Both are called operating system.

Font · 10-02-2011, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by abookreader

What does that have to do with Amazon being a Monopoly (which they aren't)?

Please tell me your definition.

Ron. · 10-02-2011, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Font

There is the general Linux operating system code base and there are specific Linux distributions (distros). Each / Both are called operating systems.

and one is correct, one is not..

Font · 10-02-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Daveoc64

This is just plain wrong.

Installing something like Duokan on your Kindle will not give you any more choice.

Beam me down from Amazon electronic text store behaviour changed: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=32
Feature choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BMn4mhFAPo

Font · 10-02-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron.

and one is correct, one is not..

For example a Linux distro, Ubuntu. It is also called an operating system.

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10-02-2011, 10:28 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You can post all the photos you want - it's still wrong . Duokan runs under Linux. End of story. Given that you're not a Kindle owner, and I seriously doubt that you have any intention of buying one, why do you care?

10-02-2011, 10:38 AM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Feel free to post 1000 more pictures - I'm not going to change my opinion. You're merely illustrated the fact that there are a lot of people out there who don't know what the phrase "operating system" actually means.

10-02-2011, 10:45 AM	#19
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	Um ..... Am I the only one that is totally lost? Who cares if it is a different operating system or not? (although Harry is correct, it isn't) What does that have to do with Amazon being a Monopoly (which they aren't)? And what other answer could there possibly be then to buy a different product which suits your needs? From the structure of your posts, I get the feeling that English is not your main language. I suspect you'd be better off with an ePub reader which would allow you to more easily purchase from other sources than Amazon.

10-02-2011, 11:53 AM	#22
Ron. Evangelist Posts: 448 Karma: 864744 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3, LookBook, Nook Simple Touch	Threads like this are the best thing on mobileread

10-02-2011, 12:00 PM	#23
Harry_Y Addict Posts: 305 Karma: 704492 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NY Device: Kindle 3, Kindle DX, Galaxy Tab 2	Yea that Dirty rotten Amazon.

10-02-2011, 01:07 PM	#25
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	If it is on The Google, it must be true.