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<h1>Re: Getting a manufacturer to release specs?</h1>
<b>Michael K. Johnson</b> (<a href="mailto:johnsonm@redhat.com"><i>johnsonm@redhat.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:41:24 -0500</i>
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Chris Pinkham writes:<br>
<i>&gt;I hadn't thought of this until now, but do people think it might help</i><br>
<i>&gt;"convince" parallel port scanner manufacturers to release their specs if</i><br>
<i>&gt;they were informed that other manufacturers had already released their</i><br>
<i>&gt;specs. Approach it from the perspective of lost market share and lost</i><br>
<i>&gt;revenue.</i><br>
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Anyone wanting to do this should read<br>
<a href="http://www.precisioninsight.com/alspaper.html">http://www.precisioninsight.com/alspaper.html</a><br>
It was written for people wanting specs for video cards but is<br>
equally appropriate here.<br>
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T he person who wrote it is the one who convinced Neomagic to let him<br>
release X drivers for the Neomagic chipset -- he's had years o<br>
experience working with companies one issues like this and his advice<br>
is really good.<br>
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michaelkjohnson<br>
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