On Apr 26, 5:31 pm, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > USB means "Universal Serial Bus", but it is far from universal. When
> >someone comes up with something such as this, *all* manufacturers
should
> >adhere to the criteria. Instead, we need a zillion different drivers to
> >make everything work on a supposedly *universal* system, )-:
>
> I think a universal driver for the USB controller and hub should be no
> problem, but it's the devices behind the interface that require
> individual drivers. Having said that, I can't see why most storage
> devices couldn't be handled by a universal driver.
Capitalism. If somebody has a better idea, they patent it. Which
creates a new device that needs a new driver that they get to *sell*.
I guess the term "better" could be clarified. I get links all the time
that want different video or text drivers. Yet most of my time at the
pc is like right now, when I am reading or writing plain old ASCII
like I've been doing since 1982.
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