[mappu]

> Nook e-readers, meanwhile, do not appear to fall into the discontinuation pile immediately. Rather, they’re projected to have their own gradual, natural decline

How is this anything other than Embrace-Extend-Extinguish? And what does microsoft have to gain from paying $1bn for a company (that's running a loss), and then discontinuing their product?

[icebraining]

EEE describe embracing standards, extending them with proprietary features and then using those features to drive out the software that implements the actual standard. I don't see how it applies here, even if MS buys the Nook to kill it.