Kobo's sticking it to to Apple.

[kjk]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Because it's a swine to develop a program for Linux if you are going for complete compatability, which Kernel do you develop for? do you aim for GNOME or KDE? or do you just develop it to work on Red Hat or Ubuntu and have the rest of the Linux community complain at you.

Actually, yeah, I was thinking more of someone like Red Hat or Ubuntu featuring a Kindle app, at least to start. I can see where it could get ugly

[Graham]

Originally Posted by kjk

Actually, yeah, I was thinking more of someone like Red Hat or Ubuntu featuring a Kindle app, at least to start. I can see where it could get ugly

What proportion of Linux users would have WINE installed and be able to run the PC Kindle app on that?

Graham

[kjk]

Originally Posted by Graham

What proportion of Linux users would have WINE installed and be able to run the PC Kindle app on that?

Graham

No idea. I like the idea of WINE, but I like the idea of companies recognizing Linux as a viable desktop OS on it's own as well-the more the merrier, I say

[wodin]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

They hate our freedom.

Actually that may be more accurate than not, they certainly don't want to release the source code.

[Ankh]

Originally Posted by wodin

Actually that may be more accurate than not, they certainly don't want to release the source code.

Nvidia has not released the source code for their proprietary driver, which happens to be a kernel module, neither has ATI for theirs. VmWare products for Linux? Nero? There are quite a few companies that have solved that problem, proving that it is perfectly possible to target (x86) Linux workstations.

Any discussion about technical difficulties on Linux is but an excuse. The fact remains that:
- the market is small (we few), and, even worse
- most of us are crafty enough to run WINE or virtualization software.

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by anamardoll

I mean, can you not already see the Android vs. Apple commercials where the attractive Android guy can buy in-app but the sweet Apple girl has to exit out to the browser and muck about with web purchasing? (Maybe I've been watching too many of the new Kindle commercials with the pushy blonde and the long-suffering Kindle Guy.)

+1.

And there would be a voiceover saying something like "Only Android offers true Amazon integration. Only Android allows you to read, purchase, and download a book...without leaving the app. Amazon integration. Only on Android."

There could also be a similar ad for B&N and Sony.

[anamardoll]

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

I hate those commercials, lol. And I really have started to dislike the blonde. I have wi-fi access to d/l books instantly- yet somehow I manage to still buy DTBs. I have an ereader and yet I still manage to have a gigantic purse that carries everything but the kitchen sink.

I don't really "get" the commercials, especially not the one where the blonde is rattling off her reasons for liking DTBs (the smell! the feel!). The point of the commercial seems to be that only an idiot would prefer those things to a Kindle/eReader. It seems like a commercial that only a Kindle/eReader-owner would agree with -- perhaps NOT the best way to win over new business.

Andrew, +1 on your voice-over.