Digital BW, The Print

Hi Keith

I don't believe gasoline development had much to do with the 
development of the gasoline engine so the argument is not quite 
appicable.  Inks are evolving with the requirements for 
printers/papers/inks going forward.  If a 3rd party ink supplier 
develops a better ink that is another and important issue, but if the 
3rd parties are merely using current technology and copying the 
delivery systems then an infringment of some sort has occured.  I 
agree it is a thorny issue, but as I said in my initial post Epson, 
and now Canon and HP have spent many research and development dollars 
providing an amazing technology to us and as such have the right to 
recover their costs, no matter what the business model they choose.  
In my opinion that is.

Paul Hathaway

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. 
Image Service" <editor@...> wrote:
>
> bwinkjet wrote:
> 
> > In the long run 
> >no 3rd party ink developer will further progress in this area like 
> >Epson, Canon or HP will out of the need to be competitive and grab 
> >market share.
> >
> >  
> >
> That's like saying that major auto manufacturers should be able to 
sell 
> proprietary gasoline or oil for their vehicles, because only they, 
not 
> gasoline or petrochemical companies will do the work to create 
> automobiles of such quality. It's a chimeric paper tiger.
> 
> It's the same argument people offered about telephone products when 
the 
> whole AT&T breakup lawsuit process began. "Only AT&T  can produce 
those 
> nice high quality phones we get, they underwrite the cost through 
the 
> telephone charges." Frankly, it's a pathetic argument for 
maintaining a 
> monopoly. We have more telephone hardware options than ever, a 
plethora 
> of providers for that hardware, etc. that would not have existed 
absent 
> the breakup. Monopolies by their inherent nature stifle innovation 
and 
> development, they only superficially seem to advance it.
> 
> If you are simply choosing to side with monopolists because you are 
> comfortable with the current product-set and the status quo, fine, 
say 
> so.  Please don't try putting lipstick on the pig by asserting as 
> complete fallacy about technological advancement. No matter how 
much 
> makeup you trowel on, it'll still be a pig underneath it all.
> Keith
> 
>  
> Keith Krebs
> 
> "Just some guy," caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON 
printer 
> User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
> Publications), at:
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> and  the Multiverse's largest Canon printer User  Community at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon-printers
> "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks 
together 
> guys"
> 
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