Re: [ot] web cams.

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On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:47:36 -0500 (EST)
Adam <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i suppose that due to licensiing issues (royalties), we won't see
firewire
> on PC motherboards anytime soon. But the USB 2.0 seems to be quite
> intersting with speeds *around* 50MB/sec. So if I could wait usb 2.0 web
> cam seems like a good pick

	I've heard some reports that many of the taiwanese motherboard makers
felt sufficently jerked around by Apple that even regardless of the cost
licensing they would refuse to include firewire even if it were free. 

	Possibly not good business sense, but you can't count on foreign cultures
to act the way you want them to. 

 - Eric





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