You might want to consider doing better research before making wild accusations like that. The first 12 messages from Steve I looked up are technical questions or answers and mention nothing about his products except in his signature. //flameon IMHO I think your being just downright unprofessional. //flameoff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Sheard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Printer's SDK > Trawling the archives, and I have come across numerous contributions of > yours. Every single one has been an advertisement for your own product. It > seems that you have yet to make any meaningful contribution of a technical > nature. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 7:11 PM > Subject: Re: Printer's SDK > > > > >> There are several Printer SDK out there. Search on PalmGear. > > > > > >There are a number of royalty-bearing products out there. No need to go > to > > >PalmGear though - just drop a line to this list, and wait for the vendors > to > > >tout for trade. > > > > > >But if the thought of a $40 fee on top of your $20 product is too much to > > >bear, you might find yourself rolling your own. > > > > I'm belatedly responding to this. I'm not familiar with the pricing of > > competitive products, but I can speak with authority on our own > > (PalmPrint/SCS PrintServer), and licensing print driver software doesn't > > cost anything like $40 a copy. So while there certainly are reasons for > > "rolling your own", for most people, cost will not be among them. Letting > > someone else do the printing software lets you concentrate on your own > > application development, rather than reinventing the wheel, and means > > that when new technologies (e.g., IrDA) or new printers (e.g., Monarch > > 6015) come onto the market, someone else is effectively updating that > > aspect of your application for you. > > > > Please note that the author of the above statements has a financial > > interest in their content and cannot be taken to be an unbiased source. > > :-) > > > > Development details ("SDK") for PalmPrint/SCS PrintServer can be found at > > http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm/palmprintdev.html > > > > Licensing fees are NOT discussed there, but can be discussed privately by > > email or at PalmSource. > > > > Steve Patt > > President, Stevens Creek Software > > http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm > > Best PQA ("ePQA"), PalmSource 99 > > Best Application ("PizzaScan"), Palm Developer's Conference 1998 > > First printing software for the Palm - September, 1997 > > > > -- > > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
