Re: Is ANYBODY there? (was: i/o error)

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:56:43 -0500, Joe Piolunek <[email protected]> wrote:
> There don't seem to have been any updates to the code in CVS for at least 12
> months. hpoj-0.91 was packaged from whatever code was in 

If I had known that, I would not have spent hundreds of dollars on my
now-useless 6110.

> antitrust enforcement, suggests that we can expect MS to be applying pressure
> on HP to force them not to assist Linux.

<harsh>
Are you sure it isn't because upper management is more concerned with
golden parachutes and executive toys than long-term viability of the
company?  I see it as a classic agent/principal conflict of interest.

I don't see MS lurking behind this, because the hostility toward Linux
would be more straightforward at HP if it were.  HP will definitely
get bitten for a lip-service-only policy.  It would probably be better
for them to drop Linux entirely if MS were really capable of forcing
that.  I blame apathy (see above) and bureaucracy (see my letter to
Carly).  As much as I dislike MS's violation of open standards.
</harsh>

> I share your disappointment with HP, but I would still consider getting
> another HP printer, though a more linux-compatible one, if only because HP's
> meager Linux support is better than its competitors'.

Please somebody tell me that this isn't true.


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