I think you don't understand me. My point was that if a charity was using equipment and/or software that was THAT outdated, then they are obviously do not have a sophisticated IT setup and I doubt that they would be surprised that some random printer that they were given didn't work because they couldn't find a driver. Hell, I bet they wouldn't even know where to go to look for one, and the donated tyranno-winprinter would go into the dumpster where it belongs anyway.

This whole hypothetical situation, IMHO, is just a manufactured drama. If someone knows a charity that has EXACTLY this problem, put it out here, with a detailed description of their setup, and let's see if we can get folks to find a better solution for them. I just think it's getting a bit absurd to keep talking about the hypothetical, but then again that seems to be the favored profession of many here... ;-)

Jeffrey.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Luke -Jr <luke@dashjr.org> wrote:

On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Jeffrey Watts wrote:
> If they're running Windows98, they clearly have very low expectations for
> success.

Success for a charity is pretty much complete with a single "customer".
Why would a charity run anything other than 98 anyway?

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