Michael Bender wrote: > The root cause of all this mess is because none of the smartcard > manufacturers were > mature enough to want to work *together* (rather than at cross-purposes) > when the > technology was being developed decades ago, so everyone gave lip service > to the > "standards" and went off and did their own thing anyway.
I had a discussion about this with a Gemalto VP a couple of years ago. His response was "I've got to feed my kids." :) None of the card manufacturers are happy about the commoditization of smartcards, and I can't really blame them. However, the big government efforts changed the rules, and they're stuck with it. -- Tim
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