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Looks like it was lead by Apple with considerable input by Sony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394



And there are 10 different patent holders according to the article and Sony had the most


None of that changes my argument, and Apple was in control of FireWire.


How was Apple in control when it only had 48 of the 220+ patents? That’s not how patent pools work.

Sony shipped computers with FireWire for years and I had an old Dell from 2012 with FireWire.




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