"Keccak, created by Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen and Gilles Van Assche of STMicroelectronics and Michaël Peeters of NXP Semiconductors"
I don't think there will be any issue with regards to some early adopters. Maybe even a concideration with regards to common hardware usage like smartcards at some level.
But whilst your right about SHA-2 not being broken and making the rush to SHA-3 moot, it does not stop marketing types getting sales over SHA-2 only complient. In that it will be marketing and drive for sales and standing out that will drive it into market with all things being as they stand. Besides, everybody likes a plan B to fall back upon.
I don't think there will be any issue with regards to some early adopters. Maybe even a concideration with regards to common hardware usage like smartcards at some level.
But whilst your right about SHA-2 not being broken and making the rush to SHA-3 moot, it does not stop marketing types getting sales over SHA-2 only complient. In that it will be marketing and drive for sales and standing out that will drive it into market with all things being as they stand. Besides, everybody likes a plan B to fall back upon.