Status of SRP

[Anne & Lynn Wheeler]

Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
> if they can build a $100 PC ... you think that they could build a 
> finread terminal for a couple bucks. sometimes there are issues with 
> volume pricing ... you price high because there isn't a volume and there 
> isn't a volume because you price high.

re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm23.htm#49 Status of SRP

another aspect was that there was a program in the past to give away 
smartcards and card readers to consumers as part of doing smartcard 
financial transactions. the issue at the time was that deployed support 
for pc/sc standard only supported pc serial port interfaces ... and 
therefor the free card reader was a serial port device. there was an 
ensuing disaster as consumers tried to get the serial port device 
operational ... lots of stories of BSOD, having to re-install everything 
from scratch, etc. as the dust was settling, there was a quickly 
spreading opinion that smartcards (or at least smartcard readers) were 
not viable in the consumer market segment. it was during this period 
that m'soft even canceled its smartcard operating system project.

recent post discussing the subject:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm23.htm#43 Spring is here - that means 
Pressed Flowers


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