[TriLUG] windows is now open?

[Frye, Matthew]

This likely means that we would begin to see the BSOD on ATMs, just like
we've seen in airport terminals and on signs like those in Times Square.  

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> From: 	Mark Kempster[SMTP:mark at kempster.org]
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> Sent: 	Friday, September 19, 2003 1:53 PM
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> Subject: 	[TriLUG] windows is now open?
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> In the vein of 'it depends on what the definition of is is'
> Wired has an article today about ATMs running windows.
> 
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60497,00.html
> 
> 
> Quote of interest:
> 
> [Gwenn Bezard] concluded the banking industry is ready to scrap IBM's
> OS/2 operating system, which powers most ATMs today. They would prefer
> Windows, a platform they consider "open" in that it is compatible with
> their internal corporate networks.
> 
> 
> I sure wish I found that statement funny.
> With logic like that, it's no wonder my savings account only
> has an interest rate of 1%. I wonder what their interest rates
> would be if tney traded up to Linux instead of Windows?
> 
> - mark
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