Thursday, April 5, 2007
Ubuntu and bookstores
Today, I had the realization that the Barnes and Nobles/Borders model of allowing for free book browsing (while you sip coffee or eat snacks in the store) is a brick and mortar example of openness freedoms. The new paradigm is for bookstores to allow for books to be removed from the plastic so that readers can enjoy reading the book in the store. Twenty years ago, requests to be able to read books in a store would probably have been met with, we sell books here; if you want to browse go to a library.
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Hi Kris,
This is a great start. Could you enter some of the topics separately, with different headings so that it's easier to read? It's a bit to stream of consciousness-style at the moment. There are four or five different ideas/examples stories in this entry.
Thanks,
Lisa
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