On Friday 27 August 2004 12:33, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: >Why not buy something that works instead of some hardware that the >manufacturer won't let people write drivers for?
You missed the point Stephen. That point was that so far, this was the only "webcam" camera that actually worked with linux. Lots of other more prosaicly normal digital cameras, like my Olympus C3020, work just fine albeit its unmitigated hell on batteries by the pocket full. I don't go anyplace without at least 2 spare 4 packs of AA's. Now, I'm not smart enough to write a driver for one of those, and I've got a very small Logitech paperweight here that I'd like to make work myself. A ClickSmart 310. If you are, then jump right in, the water is usually fine... And we will then beat a path to your door for that better mousetrap. >On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Joshua Pollak wrote: >> Ok, whats the deal with this? >> >> http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8127 >> >> http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ >> >> [rant] >> Open Source is great, there's nothing more important. But when a >> company like Phillips only allows a 50/50 compromise, you've got >> to go with it. Preventing the PWC developer from hooking to a >> binary module could cause a large blow to adopting Linux on the >> desktop. >> >> How can Distro-producers market Linux to consumers who want to do >> video conferencing if they can't support the most common webcams >> on the market? >> >> How am I supposed to keep Linux in use at my computer vision >> company when we rely on these webcams for data capture and >> testing, and now we can't use them? Its a hard enough battle >> proving Linux's strong points to the administrators, now I have to >> counter a major, self inflicted downside. >> >> Brilliant strategy for furthering Linux's goals. >> >> This is taking ideology too far, what's next, banning commercial >> software and binary only programs from user-space too? >> [/rant] >> >> -Josh >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop >> FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! >> Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. >> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click >> _______________________________________________ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > >-- > /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > >|Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | >|http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | >|http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | >|EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | > > \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop >FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! >Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click >_______________________________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.24% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
