The LaCie division will continue to sell Thunderbolt devices.
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"The big selling point with Thunderbolt is not only in its speed, but the ability to daisy chain up to six Thunderbolt devices."
And USB can chain up to 127 devices. So I don't see how this is a "big selling point."
Also, thunderbolt never was going to be a tech-changing innovation - USB was and is a well-set technology, and the release of thunderbolt wasn't going to change that, at least anytime soon (mass adoption does take its time).
The big selling point with Thunderbolt is not only in its speed, but the ability to daisy chain up to six Thunderbolt devices...