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Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3821616 I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but has the core group considered jumping into the EPC/RFID fray with a project or two? This strikes me as a huge opportunity to create very cool and ultimately ubiquitous systems, and I'd love to see an Open Source leader in this so-far pretty commercial (albeit nascent) market. Specifically, EPCglobal has published specifications for the "EPC Network" software architecture and its components, and supposedly is encouraging open access and development based on these specs. They also have a reference implementation of two components (Savant and PML), but these are available only to developers who pay a $5000 subscription fee to their consortium. I'd love to dive into this problem, but I don't have $5000! :) So why not build a free open source implmentation? Building an alternate EPC Network implementation is one possibility, but I think an even bigger opportunity is in implementing a framework for the application layer above, the EPC Information Service (EPCIS). This is where the beef is: applications such as retail theft detection, BSE cow tracking, inventory/ordering management are some obvious opporunities. Anyone had any similar thoughts on EPC/RFID? --dave ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ JBoss-Development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
