Re: Payment Protocols
Don Young (young_d@amgyro.granit.zko.mts.dec.com)
Fri, 28 Apr 1995 19:57:01 +0500
>Reference: Your note of Thu, 27 Apr 1995 19:07:36 +0500
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>Hi Don,
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>> Hello,
>> I think a complete look at payment protocols should include Secure
Transaction
>> Technology (STT) from Microsoft and VISA. They are said be planning a beta
in
>> late summer and a SDK by the end of the year.
>> Even if some other protocol ends up being supported by w3c, some form of
>> positioning and rationalization will have to be done.
>> Having multiple "defacto standards" will probably slow down market
acceptance
>> overall. Therefore, we need to beable to make it easy for customers/users to
>> understand even if there is more than one protocol available.
>> comments?
>> Don
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>The problem with MC/Visa's STT is that is not open, so we won't be
>able to see what they have until they come out (_when_ they come out),
>and the rest of the industry can't wait until they do. A virtue of an
>open proposal is that its soundness can be double-checked by everybody.
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>Cheers,
>Juan
Juan , I agree that progress has to be made with/without Microsoft/VISA etc. ,
but my point is that any direction taken has got to recognize they will
influence the market.
A counter example perhaps is SLL and SHTTP; two is not always better than one.
If there is anything that can be done to reconcile directions early in the game
then it benefits everyone.
I suggest we press on, but try to include Microsoft and VISA in the dialog.
Make sense?
thanks
Don