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Re: Linux Now Supports Another 352 USB Webcams, Thanks to One Man

  • Subject: Re: Linux Now Supports Another 352 USB Webcams, Thanks to One Man
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:46:53 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Netscape
  • References: <3182678.Nc6EHVx3Yj@schestowitz.com> <1178028470.903085.32840@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
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__/ [ cc ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 15:07 \__

> On Apr 30, 6:38 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> One man writes Linux drivers for 352 USB webcams
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | A lone hobbyist programmer sitting at his home in France is responsible
>> | for adding 352 USB webcams to the list of those supported by Linux. He
>> | tells the INQUIRER about this often unknown and unrecognised
>> | achievement.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39291
> 
> How can you call it a quote when the number is 235 webcams. It says it
> everywhere in the article. 235. Is there something wrong with the copy
> and paste on a Linux box?

They fixed it. It even showed up among the feeds again, due to the change of
headline. At first, headlines across the Web were inconsistent (this piece
of news reached very far). Then I saw that the INQ corrected this. Others
might not.

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