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____/ Homer on Friday 16 May 2008 04:04 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
>
>> Gotta love the "yeah, I want to report my printing experience to HP",
>> though in all fairness that only tells them how much one prints, as
>> opposed to *what*.
>
> Actually, it does:
>
> [quote]
> The shared information is dependant upon which HP product has been
> installed. In general, this information includes:
> [...]
> . file type and location
> [/quote]
>
> "Location" presumably means path; one may assume the /full/ path,
> including the file's name.
>
>> But what the heck are they going to do with that data?
>
> One minute you're printing "puppy.jpg"; the next minute you get an
> "exclusive offer" for Kibbles ... or more likely Viagra from a Russian
> Pharma spammer. Hey, dawgies need lovin' too.
>
>> The only reason Linux isn't simpler here is presumably because you've
>> disabled UPnP autodetection
>
> Oh believe me, the Linux install /was/ simpler ... *far* simpler, UPnP
> or no.
I can't comment about Windows, but setting up my scanners and printers in
GNU/Linux with GNOME and KDE has been a simple GUI thing. No need for
downloads or disks.
When people have problems doing this with Windows they just phone up some
helpdesk, so there's no trail of evidence on the Web (WinTroll in COLA like
carbon-copying online 'helpdesk logs' that are available for the public to
see, but they just re-report *incidents*, not recurring patterns or anything
whose nature is statistical).
SUSE (before the deal) made everything simple too. That was back in KDE 3.1
says (2002-3). It probably depends a lot on the vendor at the end, but I never
had any issues. The same goes for Webcams.
Had Linux not been easy, Microsoft wouldn't need to have so many Munchkins
around spreading rumours about and discrediting Linux. Or even *faking*
problems (Gary M Stewart style).
Hardware support?
Works fine for me. No problem in years.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
"It just tells you how desperate Microsoft is for a competitor that they’re
holding up a software box produced by 100 guys in the hills of North Carolina.
Who are they trying to kid?"
--Robert Young, CEO of Red Hat
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