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You know that FireWire was a Sony standard right?

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• sitkack 3y ago
  Looks like it was lead by Apple with considerable input by Sony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394
  • scarface74 3y ago
    And there are 10 different patent holders according to the article and Sony had the most
    • sitkack 3y ago
      None of that changes my argument, and Apple was in control of FireWire.
      • scarface74 3y ago
        How was Apple in control when it only had 48 of the 220+ patents? That’s not how patent pools work. Sony shipped computers with FireWire for years and I had an old Dell from 2012 with FireWire.