win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?

[Billy Crook]

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 at 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.