Comments on: 10 years ago: Java Card 1.0 on JavaWorld http://javacard.vetilles.com/2008/01/10/10-years-ago-java-card-10-on-javaworld/ A weblog on Java Card, security, and other things personal Thu, 18 May 2017 07:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: Eric Vétillard http://javacard.vetilles.com/2008/01/10/10-years-ago-java-card-10-on-javaworld/#comment-3133 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:55:22 +0000 http://javacard.vetilles.com/2008/01/10/10-years-ago-java-card-10-on-javaworld/#comment-3133 I only entered the smart card business in 1997, so I can’t say what happened in 1996. The only thing I know is that the initial work was done in research labs, so there is little chance that this was in response to a market demand.

However, there was a market demand for SIM Toolkit applications at that time, and all major manufacturers were fighting with their own proprietary scripting technology. So, in some way, there was a demand, but definitely nothing that said Java, which at that time, was mostly known for browser applets.

]]> By: lexdabear http://javacard.vetilles.com/2008/01/10/10-years-ago-java-card-10-on-javaworld/#comment-3130 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:28:33 +0000 http://javacard.vetilles.com/2008/01/10/10-years-ago-java-card-10-on-javaworld/#comment-3130 Yeah, it’s quite interesting to see how it started out. Helps to understand why we are where we are today. Do you why Schlumberger decided for a Java based solution? Was there a market demand or just a ‘cool idea and see how the market takes it’?

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