John, at 23:06 on Dec 21 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Rockwell and Lucent (sp?) Technologies will apparently be 
BG> offering 56k protocols which are purportedly 100% compatible 
BG> with each other, but (as usual), USR have rather stupidly 
BG> decided to go it alone with x2, which is compatible with 
BG> absolutely nothing else whatsoever.

JP> In that case, I see no reason to upgrade to the x2 
JP> technology it if is not compatible with anything else.

Neither can I.

JP> Is USRobotics trying to form a boys' club on this one, 
JP> because it certainly seems that way. 

I think it's more likely that USR are hoping to corner that particular
market, as they stand to make a fortune if that happens.

JP> Why point is there in having x2 if nobody else supports it?

Quite so.  When you have competing (and incompatible) protocols, somebody
always loses.

Regards, Bill

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