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Windows XP Embedded

Posted by michael on from the splinter-in-your-toe dept.

Embedded Geek writes: "Embedded Systems Programming has a piece about Microsoft organizing its employees to advocate their embedded products in online newsgroups (part of "a new culture at Microsoft" making "an effort to shed the company's reputation as an incommunicative giant.") This is coordinated with Microsoft's launch of Windows XP Embedded at their Embedded Developers' Conference (the countdown clock on their homepage says Wednesday but the launch party is Thursday)." News.com notes that this will be used in slot machines and ATMs. Insert obligatory free-money joke.

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  1. replaces embedded NT by martin · · Score: 5, Informative

    that already is running lots of ATM's out there. Do you ever see a BSOD on a cashpoint - I haven't?

    Given the increase in complexity and code size its going to be interesting to see how it goes into devices.

    1. Re:replaces embedded NT by betel · · Score: 3, Informative

      The classic one used to be on the Natwest cash machine at Charing Cross station (London, UK) - for weeks it displayed "a device driver cannot be loaded", but it still gave out cash with no problems (I can't remember if it actually came out of my account though).

      Or the Natwest ones at Manchester Uni which were rebooted every Monday morning.

      Or the Nationwide one at my local tube station, its spent most of the last fortnight moaning about something not being loaded and just generally not working.

    2. Re:replaces embedded NT by Arjen · · Score: 3, Informative

      Do you ever see a BSOD on a cashpoint - I haven't?

      I have

  2. For some, it is too late... by Dog+and+Pony · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Sweden, some ATMs are already running NT.

    And yes, they did *actually* get those "Low on Virtual Memory" errors (try to hit CTRL-ALT-DELETE to reboot on an ATM) and even a few bluescreens back then. I kid you not.

    On the other hand after those child diseases, they are actully seeming to behave, and I know of noone that has actually lost (or gotten) money due to this.

    The banks just needed two service packs, is my guess. :)

    Well, so this product, after troubles unheard of in other systems, finally made it "stable" and "reliable".

    I would not like to bet my money once again, just because I got the winning ticket once. Would you?