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>FWIW I find the Palm DRM scheme intrusive and annoying - I dislike having to unlock each book.
Hear, hear! So I am not alone.
>It is equally uncertain whether I will be able to read my ebooks in 20 years time
I actually do have books more than 20 years old that I would like to keep. However, the problem with DRM ebooks is that you are forced to stay with certain PDA's and even then not sure that you can read them perhaps five/ten years from now.
I have read etexts since the mid-80ies on computers and read ebooks/etexts on PDA's since the early 90ies; I have seen an awful lots of machines disappear and have myself changed platform many times for one reason to another. Sharp may well have some very interesting machines coming up, so maybe one day ...
No, make all DRM disappear. The DRM discussion was around for Apple II and PC DOS software in the 80ies and DRM lost in the end. I hope Ebook-DRM likewise will lose and very soon.
Jorgen
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