Hi All,
The endeavor of creating a Real Open SDK for the java based smart card
development will be a painstaking task that require huge amount of
resources. For one, we would be needing to have a sample of every reader and
card available in the market. As we all know, these different manufacturers
implement almost different technology from one another.
Thus, the support of the manufacturers should be the first and
foremost issue that must be addressed. Which, I think is what is lacking
here in the OCF.
Thus you do not even see some Towitoko guys hanging around to share
their comments of someone from Schlumberg or whatever. Thanks there is this
guy from Gemplus who really takes time on reading our mails and suggesting
the thing that must be done.
So why not we convince Gemplus to spearhead the continuance of this one?
What do you say Chris? Would you think Gemplus would do a Big Blue on Linux
with respect to OCF???
Cheers,
Harley
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From: "Mark Dobrinic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Opencard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Dharanendra S Pandit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: 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])
Thanks,
Mark Dobrinic
Cozmanova Software Development
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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.
>
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:03 AM
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>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
>
>
>
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