Quite right, indeed. The Mac crowd says "it's only a dollar," but it's my understanding that a dollar is quite a bit of money in the razor-thin-profit-margin PC hardware business.
We have enough problem with patents as it is; I don't think we need to further complicate matters with a patented interface to our peripherals.
I can tell you this: I will not buy a Pentium III if it has this crap.
Hey, Intel: You want a serial number? Stamp it on the outside.
We have enough problem with patents as it is; I don't think we need to further complicate matters with a patented interface to our peripherals.
:-)