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Windows ATMs by 2005

Posted by michael on from the blue-screen-of-no-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "O'Reilly Developer News is running a brief on how the banking industry will be running a stripped down version of windows on 65% of its ATM machines by 2005. On a morning when I'm receiving the latest windows virus in my inbox every five minutes I feel very comfortable with this."

11 of 802 comments (clear)

  1. Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money! by ChaoticChaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holy cow! Can you say, "Free cash!"

    Just stand in front of ATM the next time a worm rocks through and watch it start spitting out bills.

    ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. You have requested 100 dollars by the_other_one · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must not reboot to receive your cash.

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  3. Blue Screen of ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Debt.

  4. ATM Windows error picture by wherley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows on an ATM - already happening. Already
    getting errors.

  5. uh.. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    "They have tried to cut out the unnecessary rubbish that clutters up the typical PC."

    but.. but.. the article says they're running Windows.. now I'm confused.

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  6. How can I stay compatible? by G4from128k · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I get cash from an Microsoft ATM, do I have to put it in a Microsoft Wallet?

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  7. IBM and Diebold by superid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure of actual numbers, but I recall that IBM is heavily invested in Diebold, a major ATM manufacturer. I also recall that a large percentage of ATM machines run OS/2.

    If this is true, I would expect IBM to be pushing a linux-based solution.

    But then again, who knows what the banks want to buy? I just got a letter last week from my bank informing me that "for my security" they will be requiring online banking customers to use 128 bit encryption. Ack! 1998 called, they want their security back!

  8. No more banks by devphaeton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like it's time to pull all the cash out of the banks and go back to the Bank of Between The Matresses. Last thing we need is a stupid windows worm to have a huge impact on the finances of the United States (or any other countries that use this scheme).

    Oh, and out of spite, i'll figure out a way to make my bed run FreeBSD* or something.

    [*]"BSD" always makes me think of something like Bondage/Sado-Domination or something.

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  9. Built in failsafes? by suso · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, they have built in failsafes to keep this from happening. Just like the power companies have built in failsafes to keep a massive blackout from occuring.

  10. Re:ATM TCP/IP Stack by hackwrench · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, are you posting from that ATM right now?

  11. Crashing ATMs by Leto2 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Nothin' new here.

    I've had a picture of this ATM for the past 5 years on my website :)

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