[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I don't know probably internal politics? I'm not sure since I am not able to
>> read somewhere regarding the reason.
>
>Would you know any place that has information on this?
>
>> Probably the technological feasibility, or was it really politics?
>
>Hmm... Well, USB2 was supposed to take FireWire, and from the looks of it,
>USB (with 1.x) devices are much cheaper compared to FireWire devices...
the markets for current crop of USB and Firewire devices are quite differentiated. The
firewire devices are more to consumer electronics connectivity (w/c really aren't
cheap), while usb devices are sold as alternative to the very slow parallel ports.
one more advantage of firewire (over usb) in consumer electronics is that the firewire
port doesn't require computer connectivity to connect to another firewire device (if
so designed). there's a proper term for this, but i forgot.
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