Tuesday, October 11, 2005
USB: The Only Successful Computer Standard?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 09:53 PM
"There's only been one standard in the PC industry that has survived and thrived over the past decade– Universal Serial Bus, good old USB. Compare USB's evolution to the headaches over DVD standards, HD-DVD standards, and the whole wireless crowd. One day books will be written on the Machiavellian posturing that continues to take place on trying to establish a "standard" for 802.11n while Airgo Systems rolls out second-generation chipsets that will more than double the proposed 108 Mbps "standard" speed this fall."
A short, but pointed article from Doug Mohney at The Inquirer. It's an exaggeration to say that USB has been the only successful standard - PCI, IDE, etc. have been around a long time - but in terms of external device connectivity adoption, USB is unrivalled.
A short, but pointed article from Doug Mohney at The Inquirer. It's an exaggeration to say that USB has been the only successful standard - PCI, IDE, etc. have been around a long time - but in terms of external device connectivity adoption, USB is unrivalled.
