[Techtalk] [Fwd: [svlug] FW: Canon wants feedback from the linux community]

[Carla Schroder]

On Wednesday 28 March 2007 09:09, Kai MacTane wrote:
> Carla Schroder wrote:
> > On Wednesday 28 March 2007 08:09, Akkana Peck wrote:
> >> Apparently Canon is taking a survey to find out if people want Linux
> >> support for their printers. If you have a Canon printer, or think
> >> you might want one, register with them and show them people are
> >> interested. [various snippage]
> >
> > I didn't see an option for 'effing duhhhh we want drivers. What strange
> > cave do you live in?'
>
> How about something like "Gosh, I recently bought a competitor's printer
> specifically because you don't have Linux drivers and they did"? (This
> doesn't actually apply to me, but I'm sure are there lots of people for
> whom it does.)
>

There is a 40-character limit, so it's a bit hard to squeeze all that in :). 
All they give you is a place to enter your email address, and another space 
to enter the Canon printer models you want Linux drivers for. I wrote "all of 
them."

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