Re: Printers/XyWrite 3+/OS2 v3

[Harmon Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx]

Paul Thornett wrote:
> But if you're running under Windows NT 4, you are completely wasting your
> time with Hewlett Packard. For example, the HP 820CXI (advertised as the
> professional choice) does not now, nor will it ever, run under NT (HP
> blames Microsoft, saying Microsoft won't allow HP to write the drivers - if
> you believe that, I guess you'll believe anything). And for any other of

  You might note that many major companies (IBM, MOtorola, etc.)
besides HP have dropped support for winNT, and for good reason. It's
sales are dismal, nobody in their right mind would choose it for a
server (except MIS types who are totally clueless about anything except
windoze) since it rates by all independent testing as the absolute worst
server on the market, even worse than Novell, which might itself be
going out of business in the not too distant future.

> And in many people's opinion, the company has now become exceedingly
> complacent and arrogant in its dealings with its customers.

  That certainly hasn't been my experience -- HP is pretty hard to
beat. But don't look for them to support NT. They, like most computer
companies, detest Microshaft, and aren't going to do anything to help it
unless the market forces them to do so.

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