Am Dienstag, 18. M?rz 2008 01:11 schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen: > Adolf Winterer <adolf.j.winterer at inn-salzach.de> writes: > > Hello Olaf, > > > > Am Montag, 17. M?rz 2008 01:19 schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen: > >> Hope this helps, > > > > It helps a little bit. The question I have to answer is: If I > > purchase a V700 Photo, do I get a working device with the epson2 > > backend or do I get an expensive, useless brick on my desk? I no > > longer accept proprietary software, there had been to many really > > bad experiences in the past and the situation did NOT improve. > > You get a partially working device.
Hm, so this means it should work to some extent, but "partial" leaves quite some room for interpretation. > The Perfection V700 PHOTO does > NOT require any of the non-free libraries that are part of or can be > plugged into iscan. This is good news and confirms what I expected and hoped for. > What that means is that you can use the device > with any of the epson, epson2 and epkowa backends on any architecture > but you will have to use a free SANE frontend. I definitely want to use a SANE frontend, most likely Kooka. > Our iscan frontend > will not work on any architecture other than i386 at the moment. The iscan frontend is not critical, it's the backend that matters most. > The device may not support all of the advertised capabilities and the > three backends will, unfortunately, show somewhat different coverage > of these capabilities. > > > From your mail address I see that you are working for Avasys. In the > > hope that you have any influence inside Avasys or at least can relay > > this, > > I will forward your concerns "up the food chain". Thank you. > > please let me state: > > > > "Outside of Windows and MacOS, please move your support more to the > > open source side, for scanners this would be the SANE project. A > > binary driver is always cumbersome in an open source environment, be > > it Linux, *BSD, OpenSolaris or others. A source file can be compiled > > on many platforms, i386, amd64, ppc or other. But with a binary file > > you are stuck very fast as it cannot be adapted or corrected. If > > Avasys lacks manpower, then at least be generous with openly > > available documentation and / or participate in the Linux Driver > > Project. Thank you." > > Hope this helps, Bit by bit I get a more complete view on the issue.