- To: Richard Chirgwin <rchirgwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: [SLUG] Re: [LINK] The Amazon Kindle e-book
- From: Rick Welykochy <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:40:46 +1000
- Cc: SLUG <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>, link@xxxxxxxxxx
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Richard Chirgwin wrote:
Now, apart from the "wow, this is an e-book!" factor, what's the attraction?
One attraction is that the e-book is running Linux, has wireless
and USB connectors.
ref: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle>
Like all things Linux, this little beauty will be dissected and
cracked in no time and boffins will install their own software on
it.
cheers
rickw
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