Prior to ending development last year, the company offered its Microsoft Reader software for about a decade -- first on handheld devices using Windows CE and Windows Mobile and later on desktop Windows.
According to the October 1994 Reader's Digest, Mr. Mirzayanov is personally aware of Russia's development of a class of binary chemical weapons (formed by combining two relatively safe chemicals to produce a toxic agent) nicknamed "Novichok" (Newcomer).
If you buy a hybrid, you're kind of making a statement, which is that you're supporting the development of a new kind of technology, and I got a lot of reader e-mail suggesting that that was an important point, that they want to put their money where their mouth is, so to speak, and support this kind of technology.