What actually happened was a conflict of special interests. At first only the computer companies cared, so they wrote the law to suit the large computer companies.

But when they began trying to make it law, other companies began to look at it. And they didn't like what they saw, so they moved against it. Despite the amount of money the computer industry backers put in, it was nothing compared to what every other company in the USA was willing to throw in to keep their buisnesses from being shut down at the whim of computer consultants.

Jay