obligatory GOML citation http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/connector-conspiracy.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/connector-conspiracy.html connector con

obligatory GOML citation http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/connector-conspiracy.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/connector-conspiracy.html connector conspiracy: n. [probably came into prominence with the appearance of the KL-10 (one model of the PDP-10), none of whose connectors matched anything else] The tendency of manufacturers (or, by extension, programmers or purveyors of anything) to come up with new products that don't fit together with the old stuff, thereby making you buy either all new stuff or expensive interface devices.