3 ms·The Firewire patent(s) arguably killed Firewire, in an analogous way to software patents.by randallsquared 17y agoThe Firewire patent(s) arguably killed Firewire, in an analogous way to software patents.adamc 17y agoI think you mean the license fees killed Firewire. Apple got greedy and lost.wmf 17y agoIt's the same thing. The purpose of the Firewire patents was to collect licensing fees.