[bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
- From: "Karl Smith" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:47:29 -0600
Actually Humanware and the NFB had a contract for the design of the loaner
players. Another company is manufacturing the players. The Victor Stream
was developed separately and is distinctly different from the loaner
players.
Karl
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-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of albert griffith
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 10:57 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
I wasn't aware Humanware was designing the NLS. players. I thought they had
a player, victor Reader Stream, which was ahead of the pack in the private
sector, which was NLS. file format capable.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Monica Willyard
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 10:46 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
This is primarily a money and posturing issue. NLS has invested heavily in
convincing everyone from Congress to the press that their method is secure,
proprietary, and exclusive. That's why they've needed so many years and
millions of dollars for research. Since Humanware won the bid for designing
their players, it stands to reason that a perceived or actual rival would be
locked out. If NLS let you transfer files with a normal computer or a Book
Port, they might have to admit to Congress that most of their antics over
the past ten years were for show, not practicality. I'm not normally a
negative person. However, I've seen NLS and other agencies play this game
too many times before, and it really bugs me. It doesn't make it more
pleasant because I understand the rules of this game.
Monica Willyard
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