Hi Michael,
Thank you for your third opinion. I agree with everything you say and this customer, fortunately, listens to common sense arguments.
>Thirding my own opinion :)
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>I would mention to the customer that the Gun Type is well known, reliable, and adds ZERO risk and almost Zero programming cost.
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>Using the device camera... is a risky science experiment that will probably burn a lot of time and money and may or may not work well - it WILL NOT save money.
> ( I have done enough "science experiment" projects to recognize this kind of money-pit when I see it. Not saying it can't work, just MUCH riskier than the customer believes. )
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>Get a gun type that does keyboard emulation, no special interface, no DLL, no .NET and best of all: no worries!
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>Cheap too:
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