[ubuntu-uk] Stating "Works with Linux" gains extra sales (and respect)

[Mark Fraser]

On Monday 03 Dec 2012 18:37:39 Bill Baker wrote:

> On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:31 +0000, Mark Fraser wrote:
> > On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 12:55:28 SuperEngineer wrote:
> > > A short while ago I was in the market for a webcam.  My webcam needs are
> > > modest so I do not need high end models.  High, low or mid-range cameras
> > > a-plenty in store but only one had proudly put on the box "compatible
> > > with Windows 7, Works with Mac & Linux" Elsewhere on the box it even
> > > listed as one of its minimum requirements, "Linux Kernel 2.6".
> > > 
> > > Sale decided at that point, decided on moral grounds.  Creative Labs
> > > (Irl) Ltd. had made a sale, not based on being the best webcam in the
> > > shop but on being the only webcam in the shop stating Linux
> > > compatibility.
> > > 
> > > It doesn't boast Linux on the site but a well deserved plug anyway:
> > > http://www.creative.com/mylivecam/products/product.aspx?catID=1&pid=2016
> > > 4
> > 
> > If you look under the Requirements tab, it states Linux® Kernel 2.6. It is
> > even mentioned on the PCWorld page -
> > 
> > <http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/creative-live-cam-chat-hd-webcam-10587604-
> > pdt.html>
> > 
> > > For it's worth, the camera is listed on various Ubuntu hardware / webcam
> > > lists [e.g. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams/] - it is not at the
> > > top of the lists but the ones at the top did *not* want to acknowledge
> > > the existence of Linux.

> Hurumphhh!
> [why is] there is always a critic when somebody praises something!

I wasn't criticising anything, I was stating that it does mention Linux 
compatibility on their website and that even PC (Windows) World mentions that 
it can be used with Linux.