Re: [NTLK] [OT] Apple, Macintosh, 3rd Parties, and Market Share

From: Michael J. Hußmann (michael_at_michael-hussmann.de)
Date: Sat Apr 24 2004 - 11:26:05 PDT

David Ensteness (denstene_at_mac.com) wrote:

> I am not contesting that FireWire was
> in development before 1999, that is sorta obvious, but no one had
> released it to a mass market and it had not been included on a computer
> available to the consumer market. Getting new tech out to the public is
> innovative.

FireWire was invented by Apple in the mid-80s and standardized as IEEE
1394 in December 1995. It was soon adopted as the standard interface for
DV camcorders (that's how Sony became involved -- they took no part in
the invention if FireWire) and as such was in widespread use well before
1999.

- Michael

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