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Costs for hardware substitution is not found only on the linux side.

How about PaperPort 6.5?

Note: PaperPort 6.5 is not supported on Windows XP.

How about Epson GT-6000?

This is a parallel scanner, parallel scanners are not supported under the TWAIN standard in Win XP. EPSON will only support scanners under the TWAIN standard, therefore it is not possible to install this scanner in WIn XP with EPSON drivers, period. This is a very old scanner and will not have a useful lifespan left, you can buy a more reliable and higher spec unit for less than =A370 ($100).

How about the visioneer 6000 series?

It looks like you're out of luck. After Win 2000 came out, Visioneer said they wouldn't update the 6000b driver to work with Win 2000 - which almost certainly means it won't work with XP either. http://www.ntcompatible.com/story346.html

How are you going to convince me to replace a perfectly working scanner just to upgrade my OS? :) It looks to me like linux is not the only OS that doesn't support all hardware. The difference being, once supported in linux, support never goes away. On the other side, windows support is built by the same people that make the hardware, thus the fast initial support but also the small period of support. When upgrading PC+OS, more likely than not, you _will_ have older peripherals, probably not currently supported by their vendors. So, I'll boldly say that while linux may cost _you_ money, it also may save money to others in other circumstances.

This happens because at least 51 percent of consumers[2] in the United States don't care enough about freedom. Case in point: Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate, lost the 2004 Presidential election.

Well, you could always vote with your wallet and incourage others to do the same... ;-)

Check this out. Google ad running down the side obscuring the text for anyone else? I've been seeing it on a lots of sites since upgrading the PB to 10.4.3. Think I'll hang on for the updated update before patching the G5.

Or flash drives. To disable:
http://www.mcse.ms/message1698818.html

I totally agree. I have been down the Netgear MP101 and can I say that the box is a big load of rubbish. It continually skips. Netgear keep releasing patches, and keep saying "on the next release we promise to fix streaming problems" (see here). But they dont (at least not yet).

I tried using their own software - XP based. rubbish. I tried the twonkyvision server. Nope.

There's lots of unhappy MP101 users out there.

Then I bought a squeezebox. What a joy. The server runs on anything (perl). The box is reliable, quick, slick. The boxes can be controlled from the server (turn on, change look etc). The boxes are *really* easy to configure. I have my music on the mythbox which streams it to my stereo and PC. I have squeezeboxen in the bedroom and garage.

My advice - dont waste time with the cheap crap. The extra few dollars for a squeezebox is worth it .

I totally agree. I have been down the Netgear MP101 and can I say that the box is a big load of rubbish. It continually skips. Netgear keep releasing patches, and keep saying "on the next release we promise to fix streaming problems" (see here). But they dont (at least not yet).

I tried using their own software - XP based. rubbish. I tried the twonkyvision server. Nope.

There's lots of unhappy MP101 users out there.

Then I bought a squeezebox. What a joy. The server runs on anything (perl). The box is reliable, quick, slick. The boxes can be controlled from the server (turn on, change look etc). The boxes are *really* easy to configure. I have my music on the mythbox which streams it to my stereo and PC. I have squeezeboxen in the bedroom and garage.

My advice - dont waste time with the cheap crap. The extra few dollars for a squeezebox is worth it .

In fact, the Word document format hasn't changed since Word 97. So any Word version from 1997 or onwards will do the job.

And changing the settings to saving in RTF format by default (enabling Word versions from Word 6.0 through 2003, as well as basically all other word processors, to read the documents) isn't all that hard. Not even in a corporate setting.

What? do you think your brand-new Office XP will flawlessly read your 10 years-old Word 2.0 .doc file???

just googling a little bit shows that you are not right

Not to mention .doc changes between different archs (MAC, X86...)

So...

Microsofts encourages upgrading of Office installations through a lot of questionable means, but the Word document format isn't one of them.

It IS another of them

The text is much more verbose than it really needs to be, and
sensational rather than precise. There is a lot of specific detail in
some areas, particularly for those interested in UNIX system
internals, but the material on malware itself tends to be careless,
and the author is obviously much keener on attacking than defending.
This work does not offer much help to those who want to fight
malicious code.

Disclaimer: I have neither read the book, nor have an opinion on it. My only interest in malware is not to have it :^)