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<title>sane-devel: Re: Getting a manufacturer to release specs?</title>
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<h1>Re: Getting a manufacturer to release specs?</h1>
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<b>Chris Pinkham</b> (<a href="mailto:cpinkham@billing.infi.net"><i>cpinkham@billing.infi.net</i></a>)<br>
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<i>Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:36:31 -0500 (EST)</i>
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<i>> I assume this is a FAQ, but I just joined the list, and ...</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> I am interested in developing a backend for my Trust EC9600P parallel port</i><br>
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<i>> scanner, and requested programmers information from the manufacturer.</i><br>
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<i>> Unfortunately, they are unwilling to provide this information, considering</i><br>
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<i>> it confidential.</i><br>
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I hadn't thought of this until now, but do people think it might help<br>
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"convince" parallel port scanner manufacturers to release their specs if<br>
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they were informed that other manufacturers had already released their<br>
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specs. Approach it from the perspective of lost market share and lost<br>
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revenue. I say this because Artec was kind enough to actually provide<br>
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me with information on the parallel port protocol to communicate with<br>
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their AS6E scanner and that information is currently being used by<br>
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Luigi Rizzo to work on some kind of a driver (still very very alpha<br>
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right now though). If Trust and the other scanner manufacturers were<br>
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informed that Artec (and possibly others) had already released their<br>
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protocol specs, it might help convince them that they have basically<br>
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taken themselves out of the market unless they release some information.<br>
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Combine this with some comments about the rapidly advancing<br>
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acceptance/use of Open Source Software and Operating Systems and we<br>
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might be able to convince a few more manufacturers to open up.<br>
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Chris<br>
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