[arachne] Re: handheld printer

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Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:

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You know, something that most of us on this list forget about is the economics involved 
with tech gadgets, peripherals included.  We salvage stuff, by flea market bargains, 
dumpster dive, etc., so....how can we possibly expect OEMs to cater to our very 
specialized needs?  The ROI just isn't there to justify the expense of supporting some of 
our gadgets.  Plus, if you want to see an OEM go bankrupt, convince them to forego 90 
percent of possible market/sales and forget about getting their gadget "Certified 
for Windows".
One final thought...in the Mac club, you rarely see complaints about Apple "no 
longer supporting the Mac 6,7" etc, no bitching about lack of drivers for the old 
Apple Lisa...the users EXPECT to totally and completely replace their Mac hardware and 
software, not carrying 25 yrs plus of baggage with them to the new Mac OS.
Perhaps we in the old PC club expect too much??  I don't know, but I sometimes 
wonder.
Na, the apple model is worse in my opinion. The bitching isn't about the lack of drivers(well some bitch about that). Rather it's about the lack of specs so the community can create drivers. Then again they'll reverse engineer it if it comes to that. 

Yeah, apple owner are nuts.
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