On 7 Jan 2010 10:26:24 -0800, jayare...@hotmail.com (J R) wrote: >> ... they don't use 'credit cards' as we know them in Asia. Rather, it is >> more of a 'smart card' strategy. > > > >The US is at least 12 years behind Europe, Australia/NZ and parts of Asia in >deploying chip cards.
Yep. This isn't always bad. We didn't get on the bandwagon with analog HDTV, but waited until the digital variety came out. Maybe now that we see higher security and privacy needs, we will get a better model here as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
