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- Subject: Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.091736.12924@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 09:17:36 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- References: <liuyu.715128721@kramden> <1992Aug30.200246.8560@umr.edu> <liuyu.715220479@kramden>
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- In article <liuyu.715220479@kramden> liuyu@kramden.nyu.edu (Liuyu) writes:
- >
- > >You think Microsoft wrote the Herc driver for Windows? Heh. Yeah,
- > >right. Herc wrote it. If Herc refuses to write an OS/2 driver, well
- > >that's Herc screwing over their own customers, it's not IBM's fault.
- >
- > Prove it.
- >
- > Did Herc also write all the drivers for the tons of software that support Herc?
- > IBM refuses to write driver for a standard from a competitor. It's like Lotus
- > refuses to write a standard VGA driver for its 123. And it expects IBM to write
- > it. It sure doesn't make any sense.
- >
- > >>Time to support all standards.
- >
- > >I agree. Herc should support OS/2. They don't.
- >
- > You got it backward! OS/2 should support all standards.
-
-
- This little interchange should provide us all with some insights as to why we
- don't have drivers for many products. This is *exactly* the sort of dispute
- that is preventing HP from writing drivers for the Deskjet 500c......
-
- Some one has to back down - and incur the costs of development. Those are
- real dollars, folks. Perhaps when OS/2 has sold 2 million copies, HP might
- budge - and Hercules.
-
- Steve
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