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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (75917)3/9/1999 6:19:00 PM
From: ericneu  Respond to of 186894
 
>> RE:"I wish INTC would drop the USB 2.0 idea and let FireWire be
incorporated instead. It's just the same old story of dragging down the "average" instead of using a better product. "...

> Good point but lets face it. Intel is a control freak.
USB=Intel
Firewire=Apple

Jim, you left out the following:
USB = very inexpensive to implement (hardware cost), no royalties
Firewire = significantly more expensive to implement PLUS royalties

- Eric