Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: vuescan vs twain
From: "Jay Burleson" <jayburleson@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:27:09 -0800

From the horses mouth, twain.org:

TWAIN, which comes from the saying "Ne'er the twain shall meet" because the
Data Source Manager sits between the driver and application, is the de facto
interface standard for scanners. Nearly all scanners come with a TWAIN
driver, which makes them compatible with any TWAIN-supporting software.
Unfortunately, not all scanner software is TWAIN-compatible. 
TWAIN is not and never was an acronym for "Technology Without An Interesting
Name."

Jay Burleson
“Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the
black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
H. L. Mencken  
www.jayburleson.com


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 03:55 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Re: vuescan vs twain

Ruben:

>TWAIN is Technology Without An Interesting Name - Im not kidding 

I believe twain is from "Ne'er the twain shall meet".  It's not an acronym.
Later, somebody came up with that definition.  But that's not really what
the computer/scanner twain interface was named after.


Eric 

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