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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!news.jhu.edu!aplcenmp!night.primate.wisc.edu!news.larc.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: erik@fenris.campus.vt.edu () Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 22 Apr 1996 08:37:41 GMT Organization: A random machine somewhere Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4lfggl$lh8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <3179639A.7B782E0E@lambert.org> <4ld1l3$bem@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <317AD930.2088AE6D@lambert.org> <stephenkDq8tt9.DDJ@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shadowlands.campus.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: erik X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14751 comp.os.linux.development.system:22047 comp.os.linux.x:29975 comp.os.linux.hardware:36978 comp.os.linux.setup:51641 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:780 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3429 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3283 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17940 Stephen Knilans (stephenk@netcom.com) wrote: : As for economic reasons? If HP wasn't so popular, and the owner of one of : the most popular command sets, I would have not bought, and recommended : against, their printers. This would have, from me and DIRECT response, : amounted to a loss of about $3000 in sales. Interestingly enough, HP has a markedly different attitude about command sets, as the commandset for their HP4020i CD-R writer is available on their web site. Now if only Pinnacle Micro would have done that.. Is there a spot for making HP a 'developer friendly' company at least in this one regard.