[oclug]getting the word out

[Dave Edwards]

On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 14:03, Mike wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 January 2003 18:56, Brad Barnett wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:38:06 -0500
> >
> > Mike <kenziem at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > > Well my new digital camera works under linux (Panasonic DMS-LC5). 
> > > None of the sites mention this and Panasonic denys it.    Short of
> > > e-mailing
> >
> > "Denys" it?  Such as, you called them, said "Hey, this works under
> > Linux", to which they said, "No, it doesn't, and you can't prove
> > it!"???
> 
> I e-mailed them to ask.  They said that it worked as a USB terminal but 
> not under linux.  I wrote back mentioning that if it is a standard USB 
> Mass storage device then it would work under linux.  Their reply was 
> 
> 
> RE: General Inquiry/Misc., TV/Video/Camera (Consumer)  
> (IMS...CustomerCare,  Mon Dec 23 09:25:16 2002)
>  
> As stated in previous email, our cameras are not compatible with Linux.  
> Our cameras are only compatible to Windows and Mac O/S.
> 

Jeez, why did you tell them, Mike?  Now they'll probably re-design it to
get rid of that Linux-compatibility.  ;-)

Dave.
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