Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk
by 013 on Thursday March 20, 2014 @11:16AM
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But, there's a small gap in-between bleeding edge and end of life.
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Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk
by omh on Thursday March 20, 2014 @12:38PM
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In 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.