8 May
2007
8 May
'07
1:19 p.m.
Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Also seconded.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
But USB has been
Seconded. I have here several USB memory sticks which work on PCs but
not on a Mac, and as if that's not bad enough, several others of the
same make and same model number which work on both. Also a couple of
USB-to-serial-port adaptors which work on some laptops but not others.
When did you last see wide-ranging USB support on a Unix box (Linux
doesn't count)?
flaky and an
incompatibility nightmare. (The latter being
exactly what hardware
makers want, of course, because it sells *new*
hardware.)
Agreed. I *HATE* USB devices. Aside from being a royal
pain and unreliable, it's definitely not Universal,
and it's not really much of a Bus either. And, quite
aside from that, SCSI is far more
backwards-compatible.
Yes, and more reliable too.