Yep. The USB-IF also artificially limits the vendor address space, which gives them the ability to charge exorbitant fees before anyone can deploy a device wit

Yep. The USB-IF also artificially limits the vendor address space, which gives them the ability to charge exorbitant fees before anyone can deploy a device without conflicts. I haven't tried to build and deploy a PCI device yet, but given your point, I assume the same game is being played. At least with these 2 technologies, they can lean on being around for some decades. Bits were quite a lot more expensive 20+ years ago.