Re: "ABC Consumer Reports" doesn't recommend Linux

From: felmon davis (davisf_at_punzel.ditmar)
Date: 08/09/03 

Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 15:58:33 -0400

In article <3F354023.50B92127@mist.com>, "GreyCloud" <cumulus@mist.com>
wrote:

>> And what distros have the MOST problems? Those two.
>>
>>
> Guffaw! Try to reinstall XP when an HP printer driver won't install
> correctly.
> Yeah, real precision work there.

this remark really struck me after an experience I had trying to get an
epson printer driver to work in Windows 98. I ended up having to do a
clean reinstall of Windows which I thought was a tad excessive for just
wanting to get a printer to work.

what are you referring to above in your comment? I'm simply curious about
what problems have been encountered; I see some stuff on google but I
haven't read enough to see any pattern. the 2nd-level tech guy at Epson
thought I maybe had some cruft left over from the previously installed BJ
Canon driver.

of course, it's not easy to assign blame: is it HP/Epson's fault or MS's
fault? somehow it seems to me something must be amiss in the operating
system if it forces a reinstall.

Felmon

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