Aren't we hobbled by the legacy interfaces for light bulbs, in much the same way that SATA isn't necessarily the best interface for flash SSDs? LEDs are a different thing. It seems like lamps that use them should have thermal management built into them. The increase in surface area would make thermal management much easier.
Yes this is exactly the problem - less so with CFL but hugely so with LED. LEDs should appear as a part of the fixture itself - not as a screw in replacement for the legacy Edison socket. I suspect this will happen eventually when people start to see all the cool lighting options you have with LED fixtures - but its going to take a good while to get the mental shift to happen!
