* Ivan Boldyrev <lispnik at gmail.com> [2009-02-16 13:06] : > I'm glad you asked! > > I don't know if "a working driver" (I haven't tried it yet) would be > released 3 days ago if I hadn't started reverse-engineering the > scanner protocol. Most probably it is just a coincidence that Olaf > announced it in next message after my message (that you replied to), > but don't believe anyone. > > The great plus of open-source driver is its portability. As I don't > need to protect my driver against disassembling, it can be simple and > portable. Porting of open-source driver would require less time than > 4 years (if we count from first request on AVASYS forum) and even less > than 2 month (if we count from December announce in this list). I > don't care were if the reason of delay were marketing, politics or > technical difficulties. Open source driver would be free from all > three. > > Of course, the main drawback of open source driver is that it has to > be written yet. > > Anyway, I'm cross with AVASYS and EPSON. I needed this driver two > months ago, not 3 days ago.
Ok ok - I got it ;-) I apologize that I asked the obvious and offer to help by testing your driver if needed ... Greetz Stefan
