Which USB Scanners work? ADDENDUM

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/09/2010 21:55, FarSight Data Systems wrote:

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> I appreciate your help. Kubuntu still uses .deb and other Debian style 
> package management. Not .rpm.

My previous experience with KDE was in a different distro and everything 
was *.rpm. I have never used kubuntu - because of KDE, which I got to 
dislike intensely :-) and this made me make the connection with kubuntu 
and *.rpm :-) .  OK, I learnt something today :-) .

> But, I'm looking at ordering the v300. I saw that Epson supports, 
> themselves through Avasys, Linux. Canon gave me as an excuse for not 
> supporting Linux the fact that people can modify the OS and would 
> blame Canon for their scanners no longer working as a result. I will 
> be actively telling people not to buy ANY Canon product because of 
> their deliberate non-support.

The daughter of my bestest friend worked for a Certain world-wide known 
Company in Europe. I won't mention the name, of Course. The horror 
stories she related one Christmas over dinner made me drop my jaw. 
Elementary management responsibilities which I learnt when at university 
(like Accounting Control, Internal Auditing) were not being practised. 
She saved this company millions of euros when she picked up on this 
managerial idiocy - and she didn't even read any Accounting subjects 
while at university! And while she was earning tens of thousands of 
euros in salary her salary was greatly less than the people over her....

But getting back on track, Canon will not only not write drivers to work 
with Linux but will not provide details for people like SANE to write 
the drivers. The very short list of drivers which have been written for 
Canon by SANE have been created it seems by people taking apart a Canon 
product and looking at the chipsets used in them. Way to go C !

> Basil, Thank you.

No problemo.

Glad to have been of help.

Enjoy the V300. I certainly do.

BC

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