Webcam with batteries.. guess I don't get it. On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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 > > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |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
