> You can just unplug that cable no? For the "road warrior" use case, one cannot, in general, assume that it will be possible to unplug an arbitrary cable (esp

> You can just unplug that cable no? For the "road warrior" use case, one cannot, in general, assume that it will be possible to unplug an arbitrary cable (especially not within a reasonable amount of time), no. Even assuming one could just unplug that cable, there's no guaranteeing that the substitute cable is long enough. I've seen a remarkable variety of conference room cabling setups, and, though it speaks to the ingenuity of (especially startup) companies adapting to various facilities constraints, it also means that there are no safe assumptions one can make a priori about availability of connectors, including gender thereof.