On 08/02/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Gene Heskett wrote: > There are lots of us who bought what was supposed to be supported webcams, > only to find the support was rather horribly broken and that we wasted > $70 USD or more. If you want to run an OS without a stable driver interface, you can always pay extra for a network camera like these: http://www.axis.com/products/video/camera/
That is nice. If they weren't $200 a pop (on ebay, for the cheapest model) I'd order one right now.
> I submit that their attitude vis-a-vis linux support IS sufficiently well > known that sales of that sort of product to knowledgeable linux users is > essentially zip. But they need to ask themselves which came first, their > refusal to support linux, or the non-existant sales to the millions of > linux users out there? Yes, if you want painless support, Linux probably wouldn't be your first choice. Most current Macs have cameras built in and include the software.
I don't want painless support. I want support. I didn't crawl through Lebanon for 40 days this summer to cry that I want my life painless. I'm willing to work for benefit, but I expect that the oppourtunity for benefit would be present.
> As a group, I'd like to think we are the gearheads, but then I know of > some winderz folks who have to have the absolute latest toys too, so... I don't think you'll find a lot of new hardware where the Linux support comes first. I might have seen one exception to that - ever - and I'm not sure if that device is still around.
I don't care that linux support be first, or come at the expense of windows support. I want linux support- period. After, before, or up the ass of windows support is fine by me. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/xss.html http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/426/rem.html
