Any responsible printer owner has had ten years now to download copy of the drivers. That should be long enough. I wonder how much money these ancient printer owners were paying HP on a regular basis for a download service. I'd be surprised if you can get ink for something that old but it probably etches on stone instead.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:36, Luke -Jr luke@dashjr.org wrote:
This isn't about maintaining software. This is about leaving the old software alone for people who might in fact still use it (in this case, I'm sure there are many, since 98 is still the best DOS-compatible Windows release). It requires absolutely no effort to permit copying and sharing of old drivers.
Furthermore, the argument made by Chris does not hold water simply because the commercial developers have been paid to provide something, and anything paid for should come with some kind of warranty, not to mention ownership (or an equivalent license) of what has actually be paid for. Freeware, on the other hand, logically comes with absolutely no warranty.