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Story: "End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk" Not a story: "Tons of crazy people who have the means to do otherwise are deploying machine
by badman_ting 13y ago
Story: "End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk"
Not a story: "Tons of crazy people who have the means to do otherwise are deploying machines that handle money with a 10 year old operating system"
- Retric 13y agoNew in no way means secure. I would find it far more shocking if people used windows 8.1 for ATMs. PS: Also, Windows XP embedded is still supported till 2016 if not longer so while companies need to have a plan in place for upgrading it's not necessary right now.
- 013 13y agoBut, there's a small gap in-between bleeding edge and end of life.
- omh 13y agoIn all seriousness - with modern software, there can be all too small a gap between bleeding edge and end of life. A piece of software might be supported for 5 years. But perhaps it's 4 years into that period before the new version is available and considered stable enough to use. That gives you less than a year during which you have to upgrade - including any other changes, integration testing etc.