MUSCLE standards

2000-05-17 Thread David Corcoran
Hi, here is a bit that I wrote up to vent on my lack of standards in the smartcard industry. Let me know if you agree or not. One of the biggest obstacles in the smartcard industry today is the lack of standardization between different cards, readers, and even the platform in which they are

Re: MUSCLE standards

2000-05-17 Thread Matthias Bruestle
Mahlzeit David Corcoran wrote: Hi, here is a bit that I wrote up to vent on my lack of standards in the smartcard industry. Fine. [Interoperability] - All cards do not need to were everywhere. A key card needs not to work in an ATM. It certainly could make it cheaper. - Manufacturers

Re: MUSCLE standards

2000-05-17 Thread David Sims
Hi Dave, In the beginning of the Internet, there was a guy (whose name I can't remember) who published a periodical (I wouldn't call it a magazine but sort of) called 'ConneXions'... It featured articles (papers) by such luminaries as Marshall Rose, Vint Cerf, etc. discussing layers and

Re: MUSCLE standards

2000-05-17 Thread Alex Pilosov
On Thu, 18 May 2000, Matthias Bruestle wrote: If you really do all this, you will have one card with one operating system. Ein volk, ein card, ein system. Sorry, I just couldn't resist ;) -alex *** Linux Smart Card Developers -