5 May
2012
5 May
'12
8:53 p.m.
On 05/05/12 10:44 PM, Mouse wrote:
No more than any standard does. USB has been around for a long time now,
the Molotovs and placards are a bit on the late side.
--T
You don't
see why USB exists. We get it.
tony's not stupid; I think he sees why USB exists. But I think his
point is that, while (like any flag day) it's in the interest of
computer makers to impose it, it isn't in the interest of the end
users.
I agree with him. USB is great for hardware makers, since it enforces
obsolescence, thus ensuring a stream of new sales - well, actually, it's not having USB that's good, but
eliminating non-USB (and even tony
doesn't seem to mind having USB for the things it is good at, just its
imposition for other stuff it's unnecesary-to-negative for). It's not
great for end users - for most of them it's a minor lose (and for a few
it's a major lose and for a few it's a win).
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