Fwd: [elug] Linux and the Public Library

[James]

Yes but java is a JIT(just in time) language and can easily decompiled and
the source obtained. Seeing as java is not a standard not every machine
would have the runtime.

Personally I don't like DRM, because it forces you to either comply with
what the corporation has shoved down your throat and accept it or use ways
to bypass the DRM (which may or may not be legal) just for it to run on a
free o/s

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Tek Ang <rugbeeprop at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Honestly, there are a lot of options out there to provide cross OS apps,
> namely Java :)
>
> I can go through why and why and why, but we know why.
>
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> *From:* James <james2432 at gmail.com>
> *To:* The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:24:06 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Fwd: [elug] Linux and the Public Library
>
> Usually when people say they are going to work on it they don't (see
> ventrilo client) and then people work on a free version (see Mangler) a lot
> of reverse engineering and work goes into the linux community because big
> corporations don't want to support an O/S with 1-2% market share :(
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Malcolm O'Brien <MalcolmO at torfree.net>wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Unfortunately, OverDrive media titles are not available for Linux as
> there is not presently a version of the OverDrive Media Console for the
> Linux platform. We hope to make the OverDrive Media Console available on
> more platforms in the future. Thank you for your interest in OverDrive
> media.
>
> Thank you,
> Jarell
> OverDrive Support Team
>
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> On Mon Mar 28 18:27:29 2011, MalcolmO at torfree.net wrote:
> > > there needs to be a Linux version.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
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