some kind of company policy that somehow forbids to ask (probably not an explicitely written ban). The good news is that this makes it clear for end-users which manufacturers they can choose when they like to buy a scanner or all-in-one device with Linux support. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex