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Linux May Succeed Windows XP As OS of Choice For ATMs

Posted by Soulskill on from the cash-from-a-penguin dept.

Dega704 sends this news from ComputerWorld: "Some financial services companies are looking to migrate their ATM fleets from Windows to Linux in a bid to have better control over hardware and software upgrade cycles. Pushing them in that direction apparently is Microsoft's decision to end support for Windows XP on April 8, said David Tente, executive director, USA, of the ATM Industry Association. 'There is some heartburn in the industry' over Microsoft's end-of-support decision, Tente said. ATM operators would like to be able to synchronize their hardware and software upgrade cycles. But that's hard to do with Microsoft dictating the software upgrade timetable. As a result, 'some are looking at the possibility of using a non-Microsoft operating system to synch up their hardware and software upgrades,' Tente said."

2 of 367 comments (clear)

  1. heartburn in the industry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh if only Microsoft had given them more than like 10 years notice of end-of-support, they might have had time to prepare....

  2. Here's what I don't get by dingen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's a desktop operating system doing on an ATM anyway?

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    Pretty good is actually pretty bad.