"That crazy Bill Gates, .... he doesn't want to make a compatible product.
You make it sound like that's a criminal act. It's not."
I was trying to be funny. I should just get over it and realize I'm not. But as the later post says Microsoft is generally compatible. I have just seen some that didn't say they were compatible.
Right. USB isn't proprietary with a myriad of "standards", it IS the standard, across all platforms, whether it's Linux, MS, or Apple.