ryanjo, No A new company cannot develop new specs. Neither USB nor FireWire were developed by A COMPANY. Both of those standards are managed by Standards bodies:
USB - www.usb.org
Firewire - IEEE (btw, the Official name for Firewire is IEEE 1394)
A new router company wanting to sell it's product would be wise to produce a product that is compatible with the ALREADY EXISTING laptop cards.

No matter "how compelling" the new technology is, if there is no [b]INTEROPERABILITY with existing devices it won't fly.[/b]

No you are the subject matter experts, you are not, repeat you are not the technology experts. Jon is a technology expert, because he has an understanding of developing technology. 95% of the Doctors out there can tell me what they do, that does not make them experts at the development and implementation of the technology.

P.S. I'm not yelling at anyone.

Last edited by gkfahnbulleh; 05/26/2009 12:47 AM.
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