Funny story: I was working on USB at IBM in '98, and because of the new green/purple color convention for PS2, the designers wanted to similarly color-code two

Funny story: I was working on USB at IBM in '98, and because of the new green/purple color convention for PS2, the designers wanted to similarly color-code two of the USB ports green/purple. It took a little explaining, and pointing at the USB 1.0 spec to convince the design folks that it wasn't a good idea.