Re: Scanjet 4c and Windows NT

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From: Mike Oltz
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 02:01

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In article <4gf9m0$4a0@fuji.ixl.net>, tbsy@ixl.net (Tom Branham) wrote:
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>Hp's attitude on the phone seemed to be "Well, the Scanner group decided not 
>to support NT or OS/2 directly".  Pretty foolish attitude for a group trying 
>to sell to graphics professionals that are going to demand a Solid Stable and
>Fast OS.  We are now having much the same problem with support for our hp855C
>printer.  Both the OS/2 and NT drivers were done by IBM and Microsoft 
>respectively because HP didn't care whether they got drivers or not.
[snip]
>In the end though, it is, despite their protestations otherwise, HP's 
>responsibility to see that decent drivers are available for their hardware.  
>We looked forward to decent support from HP, and are VERY dissappointed 
>so far.......

Their attitude is particularly confusing considering that their Workstation
group is selling a dual-Pro machine.  "You should buy our great box, but,
oh, by the way, don't buy our scanner, we don't support that."

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