5 May
2012
5 May
'12
2:58 p.m.
On 05/05/12 4:21 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Yes.
...
And proliferating physically incompatible connectors seems to make less
sense than simply standardising a simple interface.
USB ius anything but simple. Have you read the standard?
Anyway, next you'll be claiming that the 3 sockets
on the wall here -- a
230V 13A mains socket, a coaxial TV aerial socket and a UK telephone
sockey should all teally br the same type of conenctor and interchangeable.
No, that wouldn't be sensible, obviously.
"proliferating physically incompatible connectors [for I/O]" <-- This.
There is a budget on space and complexity on motherboards and especially
portable devices.
You don't see why USB exists. We get it.
--T
-tony