Hello, I am follow this list occasionally, and since OCF is being used and has potential in a Java-based world, is anybody interested in continuing this project in some other way? Or based on what is known about it, reimplement OCF to make it better/better documented? Like you suggest, develop OpenCard Foundation into a REAL Open SDK?
If anyone is interested, please let me know ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks, Mark Dobrinic Cozmanova Software Development *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2-10-2001 at 18:59 Dharanendra S Pandit wrote: >Its sad to know this. This is a serious issue where the development team >is >going to get seriously affected. Without OCF the host applications will >face serious problems in communicating with the card. If this happens we >may be at the same stage, when OCF did not exist. As the OCF is still not >completely matured, leaving it in the half-way might lead to serious >consequences espically for those set of people who are using OCF and are >trying to push-hard to make it better. > >Its high time the manufactures realize and understand the importance of >having an "open ended architecture". > >Rgds, >Dharanendra S. Pandit. > >-----Original Message----- >From: YAHOO1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:03 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [OCF] Motion to immediately close and dissolve the OpenCard > >I agree with you Marc. OCF could catapult the smartcard awareness of >developers because it allows you to use developed application run at any >platform. But I guess the bottom line is most of the card and reader >manufacturers are just too tight to share information about their latest >R&D >to support the OCF. > >So take a look at most of the new releases of the smart cards and readers, >they all require you to purchase SDK without which you may not use or >integrate the components of the OCF. Unwittingly, they push away >prospective >developers out of the picture and thus begin to restrict the free flow of >information required for "open development." > >So my personal plea to manufacturers, is that to share the information. >Afterall, where else would we use our developed applications except to your >products. > >regards, > >Harley > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marc Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:52 AM >Subject: Re: [OCF] Motion to immediately close and dissolve the OpenCard > > > >> Important announcement from the OpenCard Consortium Board. > >> At the last Board meeting of the OpenCard Consortium the following motion >was tabled: > >> "A motion was tabled to immediately close and dissolve the OpenCard >Consortium. Lack >of support, commitment and interest from members drive us >to close the consortium." > >Is nobody else here worried by this?! > >I'm shocked at the lack of response. > >I think OCF/OCC is important, and that card vendors should be supporting >it more, not giving up. > >IBM, Gemplus, Dalsemi and others have invested a lot of development and >support time into OCF. What would we all use if Java host application >development with OCF started to crumble? I'm interested to know. > >Cheers > > > > >--- >> Visit the OpenCard web site at http://www.opencard.org/ for more >> information on OpenCard---binaries, source code, documents. >> This list is being archived at http://www.opencard.org/archive/opencard/ > >! To unsubscribe from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list send an email >! to >! [EMAIL PROTECTED] >! containing the word >! unsubscribe >! in the body. > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >--- >> Visit the OpenCard web site at http://www.opencard.org/ for more >> information on OpenCard---binaries, source code, documents. >> This list is being archived at http://www.opencard.org/archive/opencard/ > >! To unsubscribe from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list send an email >! to >! [EMAIL PROTECTED] >! containing the word >! unsubscribe >! in the body. > > > >--- >> Visit the OpenCard web site at http://www.opencard.org/ for more >> information on OpenCard---binaries, source code, documents. >> This list is being archived at http://www.opencard.org/archive/opencard/ > >! To unsubscribe from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list send an email >! to >! [EMAIL PROTECTED] >! containing the word >! unsubscribe >! in the body. --- > Visit the OpenCard web site at http://www.opencard.org/ for more > information on OpenCard---binaries, source code, documents. > This list is being archived at http://www.opencard.org/archive/opencard/ ! To unsubscribe from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list send an email ! to ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! containing the word ! unsubscribe ! in the body.
