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The reason it isn't done often, is because if there is a bug fix for any of the libraries used, you'll have to recompile the whole app to take advantage of them, and it can create binaries that are much bigger than dynamically linked ones. |
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The one interesting side effect of this announcement and subsequent brouhuaha...I'm actually kinda curious about these Einstein books now
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![]() ![]() Thanks for the claifications btw. It is sort of how I remembered and assumed things still worked, an OS is an OS after all, right? But my questioning about the statically linked libs was what is the code which is statically linked is rendered obsolete/nonfunctional with an OS update. Or even more fun, the self-induced break via user made "improvements" to a given lib. Even developers, well the less expereinced sorts, use the "I didn't do annnnyyyything" excuse. ![]() Oh, I want add I am not trying to say it's not possible but that it, from an overhead POV, is likely not financially viable or justified to add Linux and all it's variations for a reader app. About licensing, what about the whole limitations, and I am discussing handheld/portable OS devices here not the desktop, but the limitations concerning DRM content. Remember there are limitations to what software is allowed on a device to read other ebooks and exclusions for other DRM content. So this is part of what I am thinking. Of course I right now see a hole there given that there is a Android app. If it runs there in a mixed DRM environment then no reason it can't also port to Linux. Hmmm, so maybe it's just a market forces sort of thing. In this case Amazon assumes that given the really affordable price of entry of $139 today, it's more in their interests to let users buy some sort of supported handheld device over porting the app. And anyway, doesn't the Kindle OS actually run on top pf Linux? So yeah, I see it as odd but there must be a reason. Hmmm, oh well back to work for me burnt enough of the day already! ![]() ![]() |
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Nokia was bad about breaking things, because they would have one API for one version, and next release of Maemo they would use another one, or do major changes and break support of what they did before. They required massive changes to apps between OS2005 to 2006, 2006 to 2007, and Diablo to Maemo5. I think the only time they didn't break things was from 2007 to 2008, but I am fuzzy on that because it was too long ago that I made that jump. I didn't include 2008 to Diablo, because Diablo was a minor revision.
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I don't think it's a good idea for any one store to get sole exclusives on books, especially ones from famous people. Readers and customers alike always benefit from having more than one option. This goes for not just books, but for any product or service.
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That said, there is at least an imperfect solution for anyone who wants to read them and does not own a Kindle. |
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Don't seem like very interesting books.....
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You may not dual boot, but that's always an option. Or, use a VM running Windows. Don't want to support MS even that much? Wine + Kindle for PC. There are worse content locks than whatever Amazon used to write Kindle for PC. The two that constantly frustrate me? Anything that requires Silverlight or .Net. In my case, that's both Amazon and Netflix's streaming services, and EA Downloader (for Electronic Arts games). They just don't run and there's _no_ work-around. I'm sure other people have other software that is impossible to run under linux. These days, anything that runs reasonably cleanly under Wine (including alternatives like PlayOnLinux or Crossover) is a "win" in my book. Now, if you want to remove DRM while only running Linux, I'd be right with you (if you wanted to work up enough "care" to be pissed with Amazon). Then again, they're probably not too concerned about that ![]() |
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I think the big issue (other than apathy for a tiny market segment) is concern that more Linux users would complain about any software released that implements DRM restrictions than would actually be grateful to have the software up and running.
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