22 Jun
1997
22 Jun
'97
3:16 p.m.
history is repeating itself. Look at the new USB
(Universal Serial Bus)
standard, where they want to run evrything from keyboards, mice, modems
etc... the Wintel croud calls it BRAND NEW IDEA, but we did this 10 years or
more ago.
This is no suprise. Most of what _any_ computer manufacturer calls a "BRAND
NEW IDEA" generally turns out to be something done years ago by someone
else. Micros and microprocessors tend to be the most guilty, minis a bit
less. Just about everything in the industry was tried at some
point by IBM, Xerox, or the BUNCH.
Yes, there are plenty of true innovations today, but most are simply hype...
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net