oops,
I'm quite new on OCF - just closed the first project with this. I didn't realize the severeness of the issue from the header until today. My vote: don't let OCF die! As a small company, we cannot put too much into a missionary project (which IBM and others can't support....), but what we maybe could do: - some hosting - maybe not only static pages, but also Lotus Notes based Groupware (eg. team room for moderating discussions) - whatever can be done on a Linux box (Mailing List ?) - some modest contribution, like some card services and terminal implementations and adaptations we produced so far Could it help to move OCF to the "Open-source Mainstream", like having it on sourceforge and using their infrastructure? Putting it a little bit towards linux? Cooperating with M.U.S.C.L.E. ? Are there any license problems? I also will send a cc to our partner in India. Maybe they have interest or know somebody who could devote some time to manage a standardisation process on smart cards. Wolfgang Rosner ___________________________________________________ IP-Web GmbH IT Service & Training Oskar-von-Miller-Stra�e 21 D-92442 Wackersdorf Tel.: +49 (0) 94 31 / 79 05 07 Home Office: +49 (0) 96 33 / 91 97 74 Cell: +49 (0) 170 312 68 52 Fax.: +49 (0) 94 31 / 79 05 08 http://www.ip-web.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] Neville Pattinson <Neville.Pattinso To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: [OCF] Motion to immediately close and dissolve the 27.09.01 06:37 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." Votes from the Board are being collected. If a majority of votes received are to close, it is then proposed to release all Opencard software into the public arena for general use. We would also close down the mailing list servers and web site etc. We would like to hear your views. Any suggestions for managing/maintaining the software if the consortium closes should be posted to this mailing list or sent to the secretary at the address below. Regards Neville Neville Pattinson Secretary & acting Chairman of OpenCard Consortium [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- > 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.
