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Title: April 8th Post by: spazzdla on March 25, 2014, 04:20:34 PM My computer won't load the article..
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/11337/hold-bitcoins-april-8-2014-might-defining-moment-bitcoin-history/ This have any legitness to it? Title: Re: April 8th Post by: podyx on March 25, 2014, 04:24:13 PM No, not really
Title: Re: April 8th Post by: cbutters on March 25, 2014, 04:31:06 PM Wow... Y2K is happening again...
Title: Re: April 8th Post by: spazzdla on March 25, 2014, 04:40:01 PM Title: Re: April 8th Post by: jamesc760 on March 25, 2014, 04:44:41 PM To summarize the article:
April 8, 2014 is when Micro$oft stops supporting Windows XP Operating System for good. Problem is many ATM machines and credit card processors run on Windows XP. Thus, on or after April 8, 2014, these machines will fall out of PCI rules and regulations and will be illegal or out-of-conformance with the rules and regulations of the banking and credit industry. The writer of this article seems to think that because of this, bitcoin will go up in value. I just don't see the connection. Title: Re: April 8th Post by: spazzdla on March 25, 2014, 04:46:41 PM To summarize the article: April 8, 2014 is when Micro$oft stops supporting Windows XP Operating System for good. Problem is many ATM machines and credit card processors run on Windows XP. Thus, on or after April 8, 2014, these machines will fall out of PCI rules and regulations and will be illegal or out-of-conformance with the rules and regulations of the banking and credit industry. The writer of this article seems to think that because of this, bitcoin will go up in value. I just don't see the connection. Oh... people will just upgrade their stuff before then IMO.. disapointing article. Title: Re: April 8th Post by: Bitcoin BEAR on March 25, 2014, 10:44:27 PM April 8, 2014 is when Micro$oft stops supporting Windows XP Operating System for good. Problem is many ATM machines and credit card processors run on Windows XP. Thus, on or after April 8, 2014, these machines will fall out of PCI rules and regulations and will be illegal or out-of-conformance with the rules and regulations of the banking and credit industry. The writer of this article seems to think that because of this, bitcoin will go up in value. There are not that many Windows XP ATMs to begin with, nobody ever used that OS for ATMs in this country and I am guessing it's not that common elsewhere either. Those ATMs with Windows XP will just keep running as if nothing has happed and get upgraded over time. It is not like all Windows XP systems will stop working overnight just because Microsoft stops supporting it. I do not see this having any effect on the price at all, it's non-news. Read the article before posting, please! "This includes ATM machines, which the organization estimates to be over 420,000 in the US alone and 95% of them are estimated to be running various versions of Windows XP underneath." "April 8 is the last date Microsoft will publish the latest round of security fixes for Windows XP known in the IT departments as the monthly “Patch Tuesday”. " Title: Re: April 8th Post by: ThirdRenaissance on March 25, 2014, 11:10:05 PM Finally the year of the Linux... ATM. Yeah!
Title: Re: April 8th Post by: Foxpup on March 26, 2014, 03:21:06 AM April 8, 2014 is when Micro$oft stops supporting Windows XP Operating System for good. Problem is many ATM machines and credit card processors run on Windows XP. As pointed out in the comments, this is not entirely accurate. ATMs and POS machines run Windows XP Embedded, which, depending on the version, is supported until 2016 or 2019.Title: Re: April 8th Post by: log2exp on March 26, 2014, 04:02:29 AM PCI is not that rigid, consultants that I've encountered with always have their own opinions. Too many quirky areas.
The whole PCI is just another extra layer of fat to suck money by the banking cartels. Title: Re: April 8th Post by: counter on March 26, 2014, 05:47:53 AM Trust me I know >:(... I think the warm up attacks are already taking place at least I'm getting my bugs in the system over here. going to step up my security game.. Thanks for the friendly reminder!
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