On 23 Aug 97 at 17:00, Robert Lunn wrote:

>
>         Have I heard of Mondex?  <chortle>  Sir, the company for

<sigh>  I'll play sucker.  Who or what are Mondex?

>         which I'm currently working has one of the largest installed
>         bases of smart card capable POS terminals in the world.
>
>         The business case for smartcards in regard to credit, debit,
>         and stored value transactions is non-existant.

Doesn't that place your job in some jeopardy, then?

>
>         The only application that looks like it's going to save
>         smartcards from going the way of DDC's is their ability to
>         store certificates (transaction authorisation keys/customer
>         identification keys).
>
What are the Telstra smartcards going to be then?  They've been
advertising them for use in metropolitan public phones, with
extensions to use in public transport, parking machines, vending
machines etc.  Telstra don't normally take out large advertising on
things that aren't ready to market...
MikeS
<mikesmith_oz@relaymail.net>

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