On 3 Jan, 13:03, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 04:53:52 -0800 (PST), MIG

wrote:
My initial reaction to the news of OEPs was that TOCs had been forced
to accept Oyster and were determined to sabotage it by making it
unusable. *That opinion hasn't changed. *TfL's willingness to go along
with it will end up killing off Oyster for TfL as well. *Perhaps that
suits a political agenda.

Care to speculate on what that political agenda might be?

Whatever it is, it's probably out of date. I wonder if, given the
lack of publicity and facilities, OEPs will be quietly abandoned (and
not enforced) anyway for the sake of preserving the usability of
Oyster. There may have been a time when sabotaging everything
associated with the old regime seemed like a Good Idea, but it's now
too expensive. Getting rid of some bendys is probably more than
enough.