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MS' New USB Standard to Cripple Linux?
posted by scubacuda on Saturday September 18, @09:44PM
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Open Source I, Cringley reports that Microsoft's new USB standard could be used against Linux. From the editorial:
Co-developed with Intel, the new USB standard specifically excludes Linux and probably OS X devices as well....The new standard will be sold to USB device makers as a chance to replace every device they've already sold, and PC makers will be told they can do the same with every desktop. But for non-Windows computers the likely result will be that Windows-standard USB devices will no longer be compatible, which means there will have to be two USB standards, and the non-Windows variety will have lower sales volume and therefore higher prices.

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