[AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany

http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2010/0105.shtml might help you guys?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lembit Soobik" <lembit.dbamail at t-online.de>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany


> LOL,
> or someone slept 10 years???
> 
> I dont think it has to do with Cobol or the millenium bug, since it is one 
> version of the chips in these cards, and this chip as for sure been designed 
> within the last 5 or less years. just a sloppy chip design.
> 
> Lembit
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
> 
> 
>> Bavarian Basic?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:53 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
>>
>> Could be something to do with signed integers in Cobol or similar?
>>
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>> Sent: 05 January 2010 20:45
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
>>
>> Oops!  Somebody cut a corner and expected to fix it later. Maybe the
>> expiration date is split into pieces and only the right digit is compared 
>> to
>> the current year last digit or something similar. Odd that it's unique to
>> Germany.
>>
>> GK
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34706092/ns/technology_and_science-securit
>>> y/
>>>
>>> Why would this happen?
>>>
>>> Max
>>>

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