From Wikipedia entry for "Firewire":
"*FireWire* is Apple Inc. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.>'s
brand name <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_name> for the *IEEE
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers>
1394* interface (although the 1394 standard also defines a backplane
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backplane> interface). It is also known as
*i.LINK* (Sony's <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony> name) and *DV*
(Panasonic's <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic> name, not to be
confused with DV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV> camcorder tapes)."
Regards,
John Settle
Snyder, Mark (IT Civilian) wrote:
USB was first and foremost an advancement in the serial interface. USB
was led by Intel, just as FireWire was led by Apple (remember when other
companies called it various other names?). Power was added after the
initial USB spec; Firewire had it from its inception.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
-----Original Message-----
The pattern is USB was never meant to power everything from your toaster
to
your hair dryer. And like Firewire, USB was created jointly by several
companies, not just one. Tom would have us think USB was intended to
power
large external HD's and when it can't, then he can pretend it's the
fault of
a bad spec. USB is for running lower power peripherals, not powering
jet
engines.
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