[Wolves] Canon printers and Linux

[Kevanf1]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:05:42 +0000, Tim Humpherson
<tim.humpherson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably because Canon knows that their products would sell better if
> its drivers would work under M$ (after all M$ DOES have the monopoly,
> approx 85% + globally).  I sincerely hope that there would be a power
> shift and M$ start to realise that Linux or any unknown future Open
> Source OS would become a serious rival to M$.
> 
> Hey, Bill, your days are about to be numbered!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:51:01 +0000, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:23:18 +0000, Andy Wootton
> > <andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Kevanf1 wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:02:50 +0000, Tim Humpherson
> > > ><tim.humpherson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Will the new Canon Bubble Jet i865 work under Linux?
> > > >>
> > > >>I have seen the reviews and none seems to mention that it will work
> > > >>under Linux.  I understand that if there isn't one, a generic printer
> > > >>driver is usually the norm to use, but I prefer PROPER driver for that
> > > >>specific printer.
> > > >>
> > > >>Anyone out there know the answer to this one?
> > > >>
> > > >>Regards,
> > > >>
> > > >>Tim
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >Canon do not support Linux.  Full stop.  It's always left to the Open
> > > >Source community to come up with drivers for Canon products.  So, I
> > > >would say go for the company that does support Linux natively.  The
> > > >companies like Canon might just get the message then ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I agree with Kevan. Support the good guys.
> > >
> > > 'My' Canon - isn't. It was bought by the "I just want an ordinary
> > > computer like everyone else" half of the family, for use with a camera
> > > that didn't work with Linux either. It was only later that I discovered
> > > on't Net that the BJC-7000 driver works with the i560, should you have
> > > already made your bed.
> > >
> > > Woo
> > >
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> > Along those thought you would think that the LiDE 30 or 35 drivers
> > would work with the LiDE 50 scanner.... Sadly they don't :-(((  But,
> > there is a guy who does development work for the SANE project who is
> > working on a LiDE 50 driver for Linux.  Had I have known it was not
> > compatible I would have bought something else and I told Canon that in
> > an e-mail.  I also told them that I will never buy Canon products
> > again until they do start to support Linux.  I don't dispute that the
> > products are very good but why do they restrict the market?
> >

Very true, Tim, but no business can afford to sit back and ignore a
growing potential market.  IBM did this back in the begining days of
the PC.  They allowed M$ to flourish - M$ were licensed by IBM to
start with to make the OS for IBM PCs, then they went alone.  IBM
should have seen teh potential and we would not now have the massive
monopoly we all love ;-)

Though, to be honest, without Micro$oft would we be as far ahead in
computing as we are now?  It's another thread so I'll stop that
thought here.  Could be an interesting debate though.


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