Intel dooms USB 3.0 before it even comes out

If anyone remembers the original USB 1.0 spec released back in 1995 it was a mess.  Intel released the spec and it was completely proprietary under their guidelines.  Then the USB 1.0 spec was thrown out and USB 1.1 fixed all the compatibility issues by starting over from scratch by the end of 1998-beginning of 1999.  USB 1.1 was a globally recognized standard along with 2.0.  USB 2.0 was released as a standard from the beginning separate from Intel and it was a smashing hit with peripherals.  Now, Intel is at it again, releasing a new and improved USB 3.0 but is pulling the same B.S. they did with USB 1.0.  Any company that qualifies as a competitor to Intel, this includes any motherboard, chipset, or CPU manufacturer(including mobile devices), will have to wait 6 months until after Intel comes out with the spec.  Any company that will make an actual USB 3.0 device, memory sticks, camera’s, printers, sex toys, whatever, will be able to get them now.  Of course any company that does not have access to the specs cannot make any devices for it.  We would of thought we could expect better from Intel nowadays but I guess history repeats itself.

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