On 7/22/19 5:31 AM, Mcgrath, Michael D wrote: > If a developer wanted to entertain creating these scan drivers for the > products mentioned, does anyone have a rough estimate or ballpark on what the > bid would be? Or is this just something not worth pursuing? I ask because > this customer is a large enterprise account.
Cost of development will depend to a huge degree on the contracted developer's permitted access to relevant information. For instance, if the developer is given no access at all to the "inner workings" of the hardware and firmware and existing relevant software, and so must at every turn guess and reverse-engineer the code, his efforts, and so then too the costs of development, will be considerable. At the other extreme end of the possible range of developer access would be complete access, access to all code and documentation on hardware, firmware, and existing drivers and applications already written for other OSs (typically for Windows and Macs). With such complete access, the developer's required time and effort is reduced considerably, and so then too naturally the cost. With this degree of access, the quality of code and documentation will also play a role in cost. (Of course with any access to proprietary information a non-disclosure agreement would be expected and other, less formalistic indications of trustworthiness are desired.) To derive even a very rough estimate of development, these factors should be discussed. As a longtime and dedicated Linux user, I, and I'm sure others, welcome the news that Xerox is interested in providing Linux functionality in its products. We hope that Linux support won't be restricted to just that one large enterprise account, but will be made available to all Xerox customers. -- sane-devel mailing list: [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to [email protected]
