the work around is: don't use the chip - use the magnetic stripe instead !
John P. Baker schrieb:
Gil,
Personally, I think that any "work around" is absurd.
Somebody really screwed up, and a lot of people are being inconvenienced.
What I am afraid of is exactly the kind of scenario you suggested.
A sloppy work-around that results in another problem several years down the
road.
John P. Baker
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:49 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: y2k10 problem with credit cards in Germany
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:32:45 -0500, John P. Baker wrote:
The ZKA have announced that the problem has been resolved with all
Girocards
(formerly EC-card) and German cash machines. The problem was caused by a
certain type of chip used in production of the cards which contained a
software error in the processing of the year 2010. The problem is being
fixed by reconfiguring ATMs and point of sale terminals to work around this
software error in the cards.
"Work around". So if the chip says "2016", the ATM will assume it means
"2010". What happens 6 years from now? Aren't workarounds fun?
-- gil
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