http://antipopper.com/blog/id-sell-my-soul-for-total-control/ for the unconditional military defence of numerous things Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://antipopper.com/blog/id-sell-my-soul-for-total-control/comment-page-1/#comment-795 jebni Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:24:00 +0000 http://antipopper.com/blog/id-sell-my-soul-for-total-control/#comment-795 <p>It's the manufacturer's responsibility to write drivers, but when an OS's frameworks are being updated <i>every year,</i> you begin to wonder. To be fair, when the drivers do work for you, it's great -- with Panther, Apple have incorporated the open source GIMP Print stuff seamlessly, so the stuff written by volunteers to ensure compatibility with old printers looks like it's part of the system.</p> It’s the manufacturer’s responsibility to write drivers, but when an OS’s frameworks are being updated every year, you begin to wonder. To be fair, when the drivers do work for you, it’s great — with Panther, Apple have incorporated the open source GIMP Print stuff seamlessly, so the stuff written by volunteers to ensure compatibility with old printers looks like it’s part of the system.

]]> http://antipopper.com/blog/id-sell-my-soul-for-total-control/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Simon Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:06:29 +0000 http://antipopper.com/blog/id-sell-my-soul-for-total-control/#comment-794 <p>Things That Work -- oh yeah. Earlier this year my iBook actually connected to a server and found the printer <em>all by itself the first time I tried it</em>. I didn't have to hunt around for anything. I was amazed. It's the only time that has EVER happened. That's when I decided I really liked OSX. But have they broke it again with Panther?</p> Things That Work — oh yeah. Earlier this year my iBook actually connected to a server and found the printer all by itself the first time I tried it. I didn’t have to hunt around for anything. I was amazed. It’s the only time that has EVER happened. That’s when I decided I really liked OSX. But have they broke it again with Panther?

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