Am I missing something or is this just Scansnap Home, the “new” software for Scansnap Fujitsu has released on October 12th? I am a little confused about all those blog posts all over the place yesterday. Apparently, Fujitsu sent out some PR stuff…
When I first saw @MacSparky’s blog post, I hoped for an alternative to Scansnap Home.
I am not a happy trooper… 
If somebody is looking for Scansnap Home adventures in this forum:
- Does anyone use ScanSnap Home software?
- Anyone try out the ScanSnap Home software yet?
- Word of warning when upgrading to ScanSnap Home for iX500
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Allison Sheridan covered Fujitsu’s policy of abandoning their “old” customers in a recent blog post:
I do not see the Epson ES 300w as an alternative, but Epson is definitely a brand I will consider in the future. They have some nice models. I think that it is nice that we have options out there.
Right now, I am fine with my SV600 and my ix500 and I can “upgrade” to Scansnap Home, but in only a few years I might end up with $1.000 worth of perfectly working scanners at home, that need to be replaced just because of Fujitsu’s way of doing business…