[filmscanners] RE: large scanning project

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

----Original Message----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> Drivers already work with 32 bit systems.  They are already
> satisfied. I don't your point.

Not all makes and models of peripheral have 32 bit drivers which work
with all operating systems; some of the older peripherals may have had
32 bit drivers that were usable for Win 98 and Win ME but which would
not work for Win 2000 or Win XP.  Similarly, many of the 32 bit drivers
that are supported buy Win XP may not be supported in Vista.

It just might happen that the 32 bit drivers you have for your brand and
model may be satisfactory and supported in Win XP; but that is not true
for all printers or all 32 bit drivers. :-)  Moreover, it also is not
necessarily true that they will work with 32 bit Windows Vista.

> I'm not so sure Nikon had created a x64 driver for anything yet.
> Further the x64 drivers aren't for the popular market -- it's
> really not needed for the popular market.  So "when"  are the
> demands of the popular market met?  the real answer is
> "never" so does that mean we never get new drivers?  Is there
> always something for the popular market that takes
> precedence?  But yet specialty products are made.  The point
> is that these companies like Nikon reputations are built on
> the specialty market and audiences -- the flagship (and high
> margin, low
> volume) products at the top drive a lot of sales at the
> bottom (low margin, volume) and these product usually come
> out first.  Finally the needs of specialty market lead the
> needs of the popular market.  The specialty market get 64 bit
> OS first, then the popular market follows later.  If you meet
> the specialty market needs, you will be ready to meet the
> popular market needs when they finally get around to adopting
> the advance.

The 64 bit drivers are not for the popular market at this time, as you
note; however, as more of the Fortune 500 and enterprise corporations
adopt 64 bit systems into their networks, they will be the popular
market and provide the motivating demand for 64 bit drivers even if most
of the individual users may be still using 32 bit systems.  What you
suggest may happen in some realms; but it is not the case for printers,
in particular, and scanners, secondarily.  The specialty market and
trend setters who make the demands which are the motivating influences
in the case in question are the big enterprise users - not the
individual users or the geeks.


[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of
lotusm50@sprynet.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:18 PM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: large scanning project

> Laurie Solomon wrote:
>> In all seriousness, your questions and comments may be more
>> appropriate for Nikon which still exists and is still in the business
>> of putting out digital printers, cameras, and scanners; but they are
>> meaningless when it comes to KonicaMinolta who have for all practical
>> purposes gotten out of the digital business of making and
> selling scanners, and printers.
>>
>
> Actually they still make and sell printers.  They just got
> out of the camera/photography/film/scanner markets.  But,
> yes, it is only Nikon who has the ability to redeem (or at
> least try to) themselves.
>
>> As for the speed at which companies are developing and distributing
>> 64 bit drivers, it depends on the demand for them; and obviously
>> there are more 32 bit users who have 32 bit OSs and systems and are
>> crying for and demanding 32 bit drivers.  The companies are more
>> focused on meeting the demands of their larger popular market before
>> turning to the specialty markets and audiences.
>
> Drivers already work with 32 bit systems.  They are already
> satisfied. I don't your point.
>
> I'm not so sure Nikon had created a x64 driver for anything yet.
> Further the x64 drivers aren't for the popular market -- it's
> really not needed for the popular market.  So "when"  are the
> demands of the popular market met?  the real answer is
> "never" so does that mean we never get new drivers?  Is there
> always something for the popular market that takes
> precedence?  But yet specialty products are made.  The point
> is that these companies like Nikon reputations are built on
> the specialty market and audiences -- the flagship (and high
> margin, low
> volume) products at the top drive a lot of sales at the
> bottom (low margin, volume) and these product usually come
> out first.  Finally the needs of specialty market lead the
> needs of the popular market.  The specialty market get 64 bit
> OS first, then the popular market follows later.  If you meet
> the specialty market needs, you will be ready to meet the
> popular market needs when they finally get around to adopting
> the advance.
>
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