Since we're sharing our nostalgic Firewire stories... the first video camera I ever bought (almost 20 years ago) could only connect to computers via Firewire. I remember almost all digital cameras on the market only supported it. It seemed like a clear winner.
It's interesting to see an article that explains why it died.
Yeah, I remember this time being strange. I had bought a good bit of Firewire equipment for my Cameras and even got a PCI-E card for my PC. It just seemed to vanish without a trace. I still have those cables and accessories somewhere.
I got one of those Lacie big disks around 2006. I loved using the Firewire 400 port rather than USB. It was at least 20% faster. It's unfortunate that I never got to use the Firewire 800 ports on it.
It's interesting to see an article that explains why it died.