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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by JackRabbitSlim on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:26PM (#21830123)
That neglects to mention that Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 launched a few months before (97) and that entire release was centered around better USB support for a broader range of components. (e.g. CDRW Drives)

I don't think its fair to say PC "Followed suit" in using USB.

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by Gibbon1 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:27AM (#21832488)
If I remember at the time peripheral manufacturers had USB devices ready to go for the Win95 launch and Microsoft fucked up and couldn't get USB support ready in time. So Win95 shipped without it and peripheral manufacturers were utterly livid.

The next couple of releases of Windows included totally redesigned USB support.

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by greyhair on Friday December 20, 2019 @02:29PM (#21846732)
Once Windows 98 hit though, USB was well supported on the platform. During a brief stint in late 98 through 99 I worked at a consumer electronics chip manufacturer (56K modems and DSL) and we had good support for USB on Windows 98 and Windows NT at that time.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by mistersquid on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:25AM (#21832481)
> I don't think its fair to say PC "Followed suit" in using USB.

I didn't say that. I said, specifically, "PC makers followed suit".

Microsoft may have supported USB in their OS, but PC manufacturers lagged.

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