Warning!!!  This is just a rumor but from what I have been told, USB is
DEAD!!  From what I have been told, the industry is pushing towards
Firewire instead so be careful about developing around USB.  If anyone
knows the REAL story, I would like to know also.

Andrew Warren wrote:

> Charles Craft <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > What a crock! Compare the USB procedure to what it takes to get an
> > enterprise number for SNMP
> > ....
> > [The procedure for getting a USB Vendor ID number] looks like
> > extortion to me.
>
> Chuck:
>
> A telephone number costs very little to get; a number on the waiting
> list at your local Bentley dealership is rather expensive.  So what?
>
> The USB-IF is a non-profit organization; no one is getting rich off
> VID registrations.
>
> If you have a product idea that's good enough to be worth developing,
> the one-time $1500 cost of a VID falls into the noise.
>
> -Andy
>
> === Andrew Warren --- aiw@cypress.com
> === IPD Systems Engineering, CYSD
> === Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
> ===
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