[OT] USB KVM switches

[Tom Jennings]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, der Mouse wrote:

>> [USB] not supposed to be easy to develop for, but easy to use.
>> * It never requires adapters.
>> * Connectors are utterly standardized!
>
> Hm?  I have four USB devices.  Each one has a different connector.

This sounds like make-argument, no offense! OK there are four (4)
USB connectors -- so what? Big (two ended) small (two ended).
Printers have big, cameras have small. What's the problem? It's
not perfect, but what is?

>> * It is not made for "end users" to hack.
>
> This is a *feature*?!

No, it's a non-starter, a non sequitur, USB doesn't address that
at all.

I like old stuff too (you should see my house & lab) but really,
just because it's new doesn't mean it's automatically bad, nor
vice-versa.

Others can have the last say in this thread!