[OT] Worm hits ATM machines

[Alma J Wetzker]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> 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.

Buried in the article Deibold claims to be using Windoze due to customer 
request.  I suppose you should always do what the customer (Boss) wants. 
Besides, you can charge for fixing the mistakes later....  (Of course, some 
mistakes cannot be fixed.)

     -- Alma