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David Brodbeck writes:

>  >> Apple produces the clusterfuck that is CUPS, I believe.
>  >
>  > Apple took over the CUPS project. They didn't write it. They're
>  > improving it a lot with every major OSX release, so I'm not
>  > sure why you're so upset. 
>  
>  I think a lot of the hate for CUPS here is NIH syndrome.

	In my case, the "hate" is caused by the difficulty in
configuration and trouble-shooting (and of course the related
documentation mega-fail).
	Beyond that, it seems to work as advertised.


					Robert Huff