21 Jun
2013
21 Jun
'13
1:40 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:49 PM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 21, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans <oltmansg at gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, the $3.5k/2 years just allows you to use the USB logo on top of
paying for the VID. You can't use the logo in advertising or on the device
itself unless you're a member of the USB-IF. You can however label the
interface with plain text "USB" without paying that IIRC. Seems like it
would be pretty dumb to buy the VID outright when you can pay $4k, be able
to use the logo (at least for the two years) and get a "free" VID for $1000
less.
*1)* Become a member of the USB-IF. Among the
many
So the way I read that, $4k will get you a membership to the USB-IF for
two
years plus a VID if you don't have one, and
option 2, pay $5k and get
just
the ID. Wow... so the VID has inflated to $5k. I
distinctly remember it
being $2k before.
$4k/year, or $3.5k/2 years plus 5k/ID (no idea if that's annual or not).
Either way... OUCH. I remember $2k as well, but that was also from 2006
when we were looking into PCI as well, so it's not surprising that it's
somewhat inflated now.