Re: Relisys scanners

From: Mark Plowman (mplowman@wxs.nl)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2000 - 12:06:20 PST

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    Dear All,

    I exchanged these emails with TECO (the manufacturer of Relisys
    scanners). You might be interested.

    The most important bit is:

    > > But for the Linux driver, we still under developing, if we finish this work
    > > we will put on the web for download.

    I worry about the "if", but read further...

    My apologies for the wordiness, I was trying to be diplomatic.

    Greetings

    Mark 

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Mark Plowman,                                            mplowman@wxs.nl

    >  To: "Kiwi Ho" <sales@tecoimage.com.tw>
>  From: Mark Plowman <m.plowman@hexapole.com>
>  Subject: Re: Relisys scanners
>  Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:41:14 +0100 (CET)
>  
>  Dear Kiwi Ho,
>  
>  Thank you for your email!  I was very considerate of you to send me a
>  personal reply.
>  
>  I am quite sure that I reflect the opinions of the Linux community as
>  a whole, when say how *very* pleased we are to hear that TECO is
>  developing a driver for Linux.
>  
>  In the intervening two months I had joined with a group of interested
>  programmers and started a project to get TECO scanners working under
>  Linux.  Because we had no technical information, our work has
>  initially been chiefly of an investigative nature, but our target is
>  full support for TECO products under the SANE
>  (http://www.mostang.com/sane/).
>  
>  Reading your email, I see that you say *if* TECO finishes the Linux
>  driver.  As a member of the team I can say that we would be terribly
>  disappointed if your project failed to come to completion, and was
>  wondering whether we can be of any assistance?
>  
>  I can quite easily imagine that developing for Linux is a slightly
>  unusual experience for a commercial organization like TECO and was
>  wondering if your company was interested in developing links (formal
>  or informal) between your developers and developers in the Linux
>  community?
>  
>  I do not know if I, personally, can be of any particular help, but I
>  would hate to let an opportunity for productive cooperation escape
>  without investigating the possibilities.
>  
>  If I can be of any assistance, do contact me,
>  
>  
>  Yours faithfully
>  
>  
>  Mark Plowman
>  
>  
>  P.S.  Could you find out if the Windows 98 drivers
>        suitable/recommended for Windows 95?
>  
>  
>  >  From: "Kiwi Ho" <sales@tecoimage.com.tw>
>  >  Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:27:44 +0800
>  >  
>  >  Dear Customer :
>  >  
>  >  Our www web site had been updated now, please visit www.tecoimage.com.tw to
>  >  download the Win 98 / ME / NT / 2000 driver. Please read the instruction
>  >  first on each page before you download the driver.
>  >  
>  >  But for the Linux driver, we still under developing, if we finish this work
>  >  we will put on the web for download.
>  >  
>  >  Best Regadrs
>  >  
>  >  TIS
>  >  
>  >  ----- Original Message -----
>  >  From: Mark Plowman <m.plowman@hexapole.com>
>  >  To: <support@tecoimage.com.tw>; <sales@tecoimage.com.tw>
>  >  Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:27 PM
>  >  Subject: Relisys scanners
>  >  
>  >  
>  >  > Dear Sir or Madam,
>  >  >
>  >  > I have recently bought a Relisys SCORPIO Super 3 (VM3575) Scanner at a
>  >  > local shop, and I would like to get it going under the Operation
>  >  > System "Linux".
>  >  >
>  >  > I quite understand the you "don't do Linux" - that's usual - we Linux
>  >  > users are used to that.
>  >  >
>  >  > I have read that manufacturers in Taiwan are starting to realize that
>  >  > Linux offers them some interesting marketing possibilities (you
>  >  > *don't* have to invest in the software - the Linux programmers do that
>  >  > - you *do* get the revenue from the extra products sold - you *don't*
>  >  > have the technical support headaches - you *didn't* write the
>  >  > driver!).
>  >  >
>  >  > Are you (or perhaps more correctly - your superiors) interested in
>  >  > selling scanners to all those Linux users?
>  >  >
>  >  > Are you (or your superiors) prepared to release the specification of
>  >  > what has to go over the line (SCSI, USB or parallel port) to your
>  >  > scanners so the the Linux programmers can go and write the drivers?
>  >  >
>  >  > I am very interested to hear your reasoning and reaction!
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > Yours sincerely
>  >  >
>  >  > Mark Plowman

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