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On 02/10/01, 14:54:55, Mark Dobrinic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [OCF] Motion to immediately close and dissolve the OpenCard:
> 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])
Yes of course many of us would be in theory.
However, I don't think it is a good plan.
Why? Well to do this kind of thing properly you must have the help of the
card/reader vendors. It's very hard work without this, and you can't make
it appeal to developers unless you support many readers and card types.
If you write a new system you will have a hard time getting SLB, IBM,
Gemplus, Bull etc. to provide "CardService" implementations for your
framework. They will not be interested unless it is a "standard"
framework (like OCF is in a way).
Now, if the OpenCard Consortium is thinking of giving up because it can't
get vendors to support it enough, then what chance do any of us have?
We have experienced similar problems with our DCSF product that extends
OCF with card identification and card service implementations
(http://www.wangjammers.org/smartcards/).
I really think the card vendor executives need to get their brains into
gear and realise that this is a major enabler for smartcard applications
and they could be limiting themselves to the VISA and AMEX of this world
as far as customer bases go.
Just because there aren't many java applications that use SmartCards yet,
doesn't mean there won't be. The potential is huge and Java is only now
maturing enough to make it possible to deploy user-friendly applications
that use smartcards.
...and our DCSF project hopes to make this a reality too. A public beta
release is imminent now.
Kind regards,
Marc Palmer
http://www.wangjammers.org
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