Danny Miller wrote:
> The funny thing is, all Apple asked for is $1 per port, then later 
> downgraded to all of $0.25 per system, no matter how many ports were 
> added.  $0.25 for the whole laptop or camcorder... hard to imagine that 
> this is an obstacle, isn't it?  Well, apparently it IS a problem.  I'm 
> betting the time spent contacting Apple, drawing up contracts, and 
> arguing what constitutes a "system" and all probably is more of a 
> turn-off than the $0.25 fee.
>   
Afiact USB 2 had a few big practical advantages over firewire.

1: USB supports a wide range of device speeds with the same port.
2: Even for high speed devices afaict firewire required a lot more 
intelligence on the device side than USB
3: Intel integrated USB 2 support into thier chipsets, afaict firewire 
generally required a seperate controller chip.
4: Powered firewire is a lot more complex for both the host and the 
device than the power system used by USB.
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