Re: [Fwd: RE: [Fwd: Re: [ossig] Govt ICT infrastructure]]

[Seah Hong Yee <hongyee@polyscientific.com.my>]

I had the same experience during ACM 2003.  So far, what they are saying is, 
it will work on Linux "server" not desktop.  Furthermore, the licensing fee 
for the whole setup is really prohibitively high in my opinion. In other 
words, this will be something more for big large corporation, for small to 
medium size companies, this is definitely out of reach. 


On Wednesday 24 September 2003 05:51 pm, Imran William Smith wrote:
> According to the head of iVEST software development, they encourage
> the open source community to develop drivers for Linux.
>
> Mukhsein Johari, I'm not sure if this helps with your original query.
> Perhaps if you are intending to write drivers for MyKAD for Linux, you
> could contact Ng Kang Siong directly if you have other technical
> questions?
>
> Good luck,
>
> Imran
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re: [ossig] Govt ICT infrastructure]
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:16:50 +0800
> From: Ng Kang Siong <ksng@mimos.my>
>
> Imran,
>
> 	Not sure who has been contacted by Mukhsein Johari whom I have not
> met. For your information, MyKad has been designed to be read by PC/SC and
> ISO7816 compliance smart card reader. This specification is spelled out by
> the government. PC/SC and ISO7816 standards are in public domain. We would
> encourage people to write linux pc/sc smart card reader drivers which is
> currently not many. This would encourage the use of smart card reader from
> multiple vendors.
>
> 	As for the MyKad smart card specification, is it still in the
> ownership of the government. The request should be directed to Malaysian
> government.
>
> 	Please convey this message to the community.
>
> Kang Siong
>
>
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