[OT] Worm hits ATM machines

Michael Hipp Michael
Mon May 17 11:56:44 PDT 2004


dep wrote:
> quoth Michael Hipp:
> | What kind of an idiot uses Windows on an ATM machine?
> |
> | http://www.msnbc.com/news/1003259.asp
> 
> the kind who found no alternative when ibm announced it was phasing out 
> OS/2, which owned the market.

I would have thought there would have been no end of companies willing 
to put their embedded Linux or other RTOS in the machines for certainly 
no more money than you-know-who would charge.

Michael


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