also sprach User zos (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:19:26PM -0400): > I had the same problem with getting drivers for an HP printer once. I find > it totally absurd that you pay to buy a printer (or a computer) from a > company and when you lose the driver disk you have to literally BUY > another one from them. How is this even legal? By owning the printer you > automatically should own a driver set and if you lose that, the company > should make one easily available to you. Boy, I remember the day when you > could just download pretty much any driver you need from the internet. Not > on HPs site.....
i would understand that a driver that was developed *after* i bought the product could be sold, but i should always have the option to download drivers for products that i own - drivers that were current when i bought it. > What's funny is now microsoft is going to try to charge people to *rent* > their software. Does this mean that one day you will *rent* the drivers > from HP for a few months or so and then have to rent them again if you > need to reinstall? Can't we do something about this? I mean really, can't > you all see that most of the computer idustry is a big scam? I'm sure you > can. of course it is. it's called capitalism. and what micro$oft is doing can be beautifully described by the german word "Volksverdummung," which can't be translated into English other than circumscription: "the act of decreasing the intelligence of a people." and seriously, i just thought about it while walking the dogs, to anyone that knows a little bit about computers, micro$oft has caused more grief and harm than good, right? that's excluding the people that jumped on the boat and used micro$oft's crap to make money. > -waking up and wishing I had a cigarette and/or coffee and not liking > their absence and then ranting...figures. :) i have one here, come over :) (what's .bt again?) ps: at least i just posted a total micro$oft rant to microsoft.public.win98.comm.modem and that made me feel a whole lot better. :-> martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- prepBut nI vrbLike adjHungarian! qWhat's artThe adjBig nProblem? -- alec flett @netscape
