actually, although i thought it could have been better
in many ways, i didn't think USB-the-protocol was all that  bad.
the class/subclass/proto from the start was obviously going to
go the way of most global numbering systems, but the real
difficulty was the strange hardware/software interface produced
to drive it.  it was differently strange for everyone.
ambiguities in the standard as regards the nature of endpoints
didn't help.   i wonder if we ever make progress.
now, of course, it would have a SOAPy web services enabled
interface accessed by jakartatomcataxis servers in sillycon.