Comment 1332 for bug 1

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Martin Wildam (mwildam) wrote : Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 14:05, houstonbofh <email address hidden> wrote:
> Amusingly enough, I was hooking up a fairly new HP printer last night.
> Works in Linux with no trouble.  Works in XP with no trouble.  Could not
> find a driver.  Windows 7, 64bit.  You know why, and I know why, but the
> user still doesn't understand why I had trouble, and how I had to fix it.

Yes, I know - had the same issue - person bought Windows 7 machine
plus printer at the same time at the same shop after asking a
consultant in the shop. :) - But the printer worked anyway even on
Windows 7 64 bit (just without the fancy tools).

> I still find it funny that many of the things people hold Windows out
> for doing well, it often does not do so well.

Anyway, I had troubles with the HP printer (in my case) even on Linux
- so no difference here (and of course the fancy tools not available
there either).

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Martin Wildam

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