Hi Jon,
I've followed this recent discussion with some interest. My company
started conversations with OCF some time ago regarding the
development of a test suite to help developers test their implementations.
Unfortunately, it was probably a little to early for these discussions and
the idea never matured. Perhaps this would be a good time to pick this up
again, particularly as it seems that some smart card drivers are not
matching the quality requirements expected by OCF application developers.
If there is any interest in reviving the idea of funding test suite
development, either through OCF itself or through the combined resources of
a group of individual members, then I would be interested in trying to get
this started.
Best regards,
Andrew Twigger
UniSoft Ltd.
150 Minories
London EC3N 1LS
Tel: +44 171 264 2130
Fax: +44 171 264 2177
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Barber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 10:44 AM
> To: Tom McKearney
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OCF] Re: Is OCF Usable?
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>
> Hello Tom,
>
> Saturday, February 12, 2000, 8:32:05 PM, you wrote:
>
>
> TM> ....... It seems at present OCF has
> >> not reached the age of maturity where this can be said to be true.
>
> TM> Well, this problem rests solely on the towitoko people,
> because I'm using
> TM> PCSC with 3 different smartcard readers through OCF, so
> it's not an OCF
> TM> problem.
>
> No, you're right, the problem is with the low quality drivers people
> are releasing. I work at a very well known company who have a lot of
> experience with smart cards, both creating cards & applications. I
> now wince when I recommend people to use OCF, as we almost always find
> bugs with drivers & I have to spend a desperate half day fixing the
> drivers. You can only do this so many times before people stop using
> something.
>
> The OCF framework is excellent - I've never had any problem with it.
> In fact, it is so good that creating a card terminal should be very
> simple, and yet well known manufacturers are releasing sub standard
> software they should be ashamed of. In many cases, very simple tests
> have highlighted the bugs - do people test these drivers ?
>
> I've found the PC/SC <-> OCF bridge the best bet - not a glowing
> advert for Java. Also, this is of course only possible on Win32
> platforms - so why bother with Java at all ? (You don't have to
> convince me, but *I* have to convince my managers).
>
> Come on people, we're supposed to be professionals, not teenage
> hackers bodging sub standard code in our bedrooms.
>
>
>
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