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Epson Treats Mac Users Like Second-Class Citizens?
Robert Jung writes "Is Epson waging a coordinated discrimination effort against Mac users? MacSlash reports that Epson is refusing to honor their $50 rebate coupon if the printer was purchased at an Apple retail store, and Daily Mac notes that if you want Mac OS X drivers for Epson scanners, you must fill out a form, fork over $4, and wait for the mail to arrive -- while Windows users are able to download XP drivers for free." Apparently, Mac OS (Classic) users can also download the drivers for free. Maybe they assume Mac OS X users don't have Internet access?
I used to work for one of the Big printer mfgs (I'm still under NDA, but it is known by two initials...) in their driver development labs.
First, you'd have to be a fucking fool if you think that Epson is waging some sort of Microsoft funded war. They have everything prior to OSX on their website, so that's pretty clear.Epson is well known in the Mac world for color proofing tools, and well respected by many graphic artists I've dealt with.
The tendency at the Mac conspiracy sites is to be just as bad as the radical linux sites.
Back to my original point regarding the drivers -- OSX was, in our opinion, a horrid platform to code for. Despite the abundance of tools, we ran into flack from Apple, from irrational and mean spirited users, and had to put up with awful development tools. Management finally said something to the effect of "Fuck this" no hurry here. This was due in large part to the reaction of users.
This was about three months ago. I left my job to help my wife raise our new daughter, so this isn't a disgrunteled thing. I totally support Epson in this, though I suspect many in the Mac community will be absolutely fucking rabid.
Don't. It does more damage than you think.
Posting AC for the obvious reasons.