It might be a myth that Firewire failed to beat USB as you say but it doesn't seem too far off to say that USB succeeded in beating Firewire. I don't think the

It might be a myth that Firewire failed to beat USB as you say but it doesn't seem too far off to say that USB succeeded in beating Firewire. I don't think the article was too far out of bounds in portraying it as a competition.