> Yeah I think over half the network printer models I got had > bad CD drivers. In two cases the drivers for Mac AND PC would > not work. Only going to the website solved the problem. Also, > HP has a habit of including a lot of other things that bog > down a slow PC.
Bloatware is an interesting market, and has a long tradition with printers. So why are the apps usually crap? Bundling on install CDs or preinstalling is a big business. The printer companies don't include stuff because its good. It is included because they are being paid X per unit shipped by the software vendors. This became an even more important business to them as printer prices plunged and they became more reliant on printer cartridge sales (also being eroded by the cheapo and resused cartridge market). There was actually a time when hardware vendors paid software vendors for bundling - and the bundles were good! Sure, you'd make pennies on the dollar, but huge volume sales and upsells were a beautiful thing. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software http://www.paradigmasoft.com Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
