I will try and get a response from Towitoko as to why there readers don't
seem to work with OCF. I certainly will not stop learning to use OCF because
of one reader. I will switch to an alternative, most probably Gemplus.
As with all new platforms, especially 'open' ones, there are bound to be
issues in the early stages. I just hope that this thread has indicated to
people that it may not yet be the position that OCF can be used with all
readers. Even if they are promoted as supporting OCF.
It does need the companies, in this single instance, Towitoko, to ensure
that if OCF is to become the open standard we all need as smartcard
application developers, then they have to ensure 100% that they can provide
what they are a part of.
Gary
Tom McKearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Gary Boon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> [snip]
> > My final point is, the main reason of a standard or framework such as
OCF
> is
> > to allow the end user to change their, in this case, smartcard readers,
> and
> > alllow the client application to still execute. It seems at present OCF
> has
> > not reached the age of maturity where this can be said to be true.
>
> Well, this problem rests solely on the towitoko people, because I'm using
> PCSC with 3 different smartcard readers through OCF, so it's not an OCF
> problem. Almost all the time, this is a problem with the drivers provided
> by the manufacturer. Thus, you can not blame OCF.
>
> I _will_ agree, however, that it is pretty lame for the Towitoko folks to
> make a reader that doesn't work with OCF without tweaking. That just
seems
> counterproductive considering they're in the OCF consortium.
>
> My point is this: If most people are having a problem with Towitoko
> ChipDrive readers and that people don't seem to complain about GemPlus,
> Litronic, SmartDisk, etc. then the problem does not lie with OCF.
> Otherwise, these complaints would come from everyone.
>
> Call Towitoko and yell at them.
>
>
>
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