> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:47:24AM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > > Strange.. very strange.  http://www.hp.com/linux/
> >
> > Hogwash. FUD. There are no Linux drivers for HP flatbed scanners
>
> Volker, it takes a lot to really piss me off, but you've come close. I
made
> no claim whatsoever that drivers exist, I was merely pointing out that HP
> have a rather positive attitude towards linux, and it is strange that
there
> is nothing mentioning scanners.

Maybe Volker was pretty heavy-handed with that remark, but HP annoy me a lot
with their "positive Linux attitude". They don't have linux drivers for
their products, they don't publish interface specifications so that others
can write drivers, and they discontinued Openmail - a viable replacement to
Microsoft Exchange.

 - Mark


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