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Sandman
" Universal Serial Bus is a success story. Officially introduced by a consortium of seven computer and telecommunications industry leaders in 1995, USB has evolved to become a truly universal technology - not only for personal computers, but also across the consumer electronic product platform. In fact, it has become so pervasive, that at any electronic retail stores in the U.S., such as CompUSA or BestBuy, it is easy to find numerous consumer products with a USB connection."
Alan Baker You're riding for a fall... again! No, it doesn't. That's an implimentor's group that was set up by the creator companies. Apple had no part in creating USB or in advancing...
"The seven core companies included Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Northern Telecom."
"Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC, and Philips jointly led the initiative to develop a higher data transfer rate than the 1.1 specification."
"Frustrated by Apples royalty fees on firewire devices, in April 2000, seven industry-leading companies, consisting of Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC, and Philips published the specifications for USB2.0."