[bookport] Re: NLS Beta Program
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 17:58:59 -0500
Okay, if they're using true DRM technology, that means that neither the Book
Port nor the PAC Mate will ever be able to play them without major surgery.
PAC Mate not until Windows Pocket PC 5 is supported, since Windows 2003
doesn't support DRM at all and I feel safe in saying that FS isn't going to
bring out a major firmware update just to cope with this, assuming that it's
even possible. What's still not clear is whether the devices that NLS is
willing to help support must _already_ be fundamentally DRM-capable. If
that's the case, that means that the device must run Windows; if they're
able to provide their own customized DRM support that applies only to their
format and to nothing else, then it might be possible, given a host of other
issues.
In any case, I still don't buy that anybody owes us anything, especially
when it comes to a technology that's still in the beta test stage and that,
given NLS's past record of technology roll-outs, could be as far away as a
couple of years. The fact that NLS wants other equipment to be capable of
supporting their technology decisions doesn't obligate anyone else to
anything at all, in my opinion, and I refuse to get my knickers in a wad
over something that's not even real yet.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Barrett" <donter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:30 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: NLS Beta Program
Sorry Walt, but this is completely different; NLS is ready willing and able
to provide the digital keys to its DRM system to any vendor who sells
products to the blind so players can be modified to include the NLS schema.
If NLS felt as you imply, then they would only distribute players and
cartridges and would not be taking such pains to establish a download site
where patrons can readily and easily get digital books.
I am not picking on NLS nor APH, but I am saying that APH has some
obligation to ensure us that the Bookport will in a timely fashion, support
this new medium, which NLS also wants to be supported by as many vendors as
possible.
Don
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