ATM's (newer one's at least) already have a cdrom, floppy, and printer behind the maintenance door. Some of them actually have a pretty basic PC with some small modifications.
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Windows ATMs by 2005
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Sorry, but you obviously do not work in banking as a lot of new ATM's do have a TCPIP stack on them. That was the big push from finance institutions in order to play along with current network configurations.
I am looking at a diebold ATM right now that is based on TCPIP.
If you would have read the press release, you would have saw where it said "adding over 3,200 new tracks" on Tuesday May 6th with tonnes of new content.
I would expect more and more as they ramp up (it is the first week), and they do offer a lot more than just music.
Ok, have to respond to this. I just left a company that did tech support for both Microsoft and Dell. They are running WinXP and have been doing it for about 9 months now. If the person that you spoke to was not, it was because they are an outsourced call center who has other reasons not to upgrade (no money, no tech staff).
I worked in the call center industry for 3 years. You did not get new contracts if you were not running state of the art systems with the latest software (yes, including Linux). Spent a lot of time upgrading a lot of machines in several countries to WinXP.
This post is modded +3 Insightful and it is full of nothing but opinions.
Here are a couple of sites that I use to keep up with the hacking scene for a Replay 4040. These sites are about using your Computer to download the content from the Replay. I wonder if SonicBlue can track what you are taking off?
AvsForums (Great site in general)
PlanetReplay
It really makes a 4000 series worth the money. Using the Ethernet port, you can make a computer emulate a Replay Server.
Actually the article I read said that MS is paying to have the.Net services ported to FreeBSD. Again, I believe that was on NewsForge. Plus, I state in my post that Gnome is only doing the development platform and I do not see why all the fuss.
But the main point of my post stays the same. They want to *rent* software. They are going to extreme lengths to ensure that developers can access through web services, pre-built libraries that can be tracked by usage. That is where passport/hailstorm comes in. I said it would be interesting to see if MS pushes that part into Linux as well.
Why can't people see what MS is really up to?
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Could Mono Kill Gnome?
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Maybe I am missing something, but I don't think that MS cares whether or not there is an Open Source version of dotNet.
Follow me on this.
Operating System wars are over. Linux is making headway, and the courts are ruling that you have to open the source code. Microsoft has seen that revenue is not going to increase with the rapid OS upgrades. They want a month to month revenue stream. So they *invent* software renting. But this is not 'hey I am going to check out MS Office for a couple hours at 19.95 an hour', it is more like this as I read it. I need a new resume, so I start a wizard in Windows 2002 that helps me write one. So while the wizard is going through each part (like spellcheck, cover letter) the wizard automagically downloads the proper.Net pieces to handle each. All the while, your passport account is getting billed a small amout for each use of each different function. So instead of paying $200 for Office, you pay a small amount (say.10) for each use of the spell checker. So maybe this month, your passport bill is 19.00 for use of.Net services. Instant revenue stream.
When upgrades happen, then you automagically download the latest version of the.Net function.
Everything I have read is that Microsoft want to push this everywhere. They want this on every computer, every PDA, even right down to your cell phone. So I do not believe that they care that it is on Gnome. If the passport stuff is in there, then it just adds to the revenue stream. That is what they are really after.
Plus, I see Gnome trying to implement the.Net Development part, not the.Net Framework. And, why would MS be porting it to FreeBSD if they did not want Linux to have it as well.
The only interesting thing is if MS wants the passport/hailstorm added in. Then things could get interesting.
Mono only wants to do the software development side, and there are a lot of nice things in there. It is the passport side that makes us cringe.
I do not believe that they are saying use the firewall as a central logging server, just to *point* the firewall to log to an internal central server.
Then again, variables are easier to clean outside.
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Oh, come on, moderators did not notice dihydrogen-monoxide in the middle of this? I thought this was one of the great laughs of slashdot. Reylas
ATM's (newer one's at least) already have a cdrom, floppy, and printer behind the maintenance door. Some of them actually have a pretty basic PC with some small modifications.
Sorry, but you obviously do not work in banking as a lot of new ATM's do have a TCPIP stack on them. That was the big push from finance institutions in order to play along with current network configurations. I am looking at a diebold ATM right now that is based on TCPIP.
Reylas
No, I am sorry the original author is Raphael Finkel, a professor at the University of Kentucky.
He is one of the most interesting people I have ever met, and one of the primary reasons I stayed with CompSci. It was a joy to go to class.
Marks
If you would have read the press release, you would have saw where it said "adding over 3,200 new tracks" on Tuesday May 6th with tonnes of new content.
I would expect more and more as they ramp up (it is the first week), and they do offer a lot more than just music.
Not totally a dupe, but has been covered here before.
Ok, have to respond to this. I just left a company that did tech support for both Microsoft and Dell. They are running WinXP and have been doing it for about 9 months now. If the person that you spoke to was not, it was because they are an outsourced call center who has other reasons not to upgrade (no money, no tech staff).
I worked in the call center industry for 3 years. You did not get new contracts if you were not running state of the art systems with the latest software (yes, including Linux). Spent a lot of time upgrading a lot of machines in several countries to WinXP.
This post is modded +3 Insightful and it is full of nothing but opinions.
Here are a couple of sites that I use to keep up with the hacking scene for a Replay 4040. These sites are about using your Computer to download the content from the Replay. I wonder if SonicBlue can track what you are taking off?
AvsForums (Great site in general)
PlanetReplay
It really makes a 4000 series worth the money. Using the Ethernet port, you can make a computer emulate a Replay Server.
marks
Actually the article I read said that MS is paying to have the .Net services ported to FreeBSD. Again, I believe that was on NewsForge. Plus, I state in my post that Gnome is only doing the development platform and I do not see why all the fuss.
But the main point of my post stays the same. They want to *rent* software. They are going to extreme lengths to ensure that developers can access through web services, pre-built libraries that can be tracked by usage. That is where passport/hailstorm comes in. I said it would be interesting to see if MS pushes that part into Linux as well.
Maybe I am missing something, but I don't think that MS cares whether or not there is an Open Source version of dotNet.
.Net pieces to handle each. All the while, your passport account is getting billed a small amout for each use of each different function. So instead of paying $200 for Office, you pay a small amount (say .10) for each use of the spell checker. So maybe this month, your passport bill is 19.00 for use of .Net services. Instant revenue stream.
.Net function.
.Net Development part, not the .Net Framework. And, why would MS be porting it to FreeBSD if they did not want Linux to have it as well.
Follow me on this.
Operating System wars are over. Linux is making headway, and the courts are ruling that you have to open the source code. Microsoft has seen that revenue is not going to increase with the rapid OS upgrades. They want a month to month revenue stream. So they *invent* software renting. But this is not 'hey I am going to check out MS Office for a couple hours at 19.95 an hour', it is more like this as I read it. I need a new resume, so I start a wizard in Windows 2002 that helps me write one. So while the wizard is going through each part (like spellcheck, cover letter) the wizard automagically downloads the proper
When upgrades happen, then you automagically download the latest version of the
Everything I have read is that Microsoft want to push this everywhere. They want this on every computer, every PDA, even right down to your cell phone. So I do not believe that they care that it is on Gnome. If the passport stuff is in there, then it just adds to the revenue stream. That is what they are really after.
Plus, I see Gnome trying to implement the
The only interesting thing is if MS wants the passport/hailstorm added in. Then things could get interesting.
Mono only wants to do the software development side, and there are a lot of nice things in there. It is the passport side that makes us cringe.
I do not believe that they are saying use the firewall as a central logging server, just to *point* the firewall to log to an internal central server. Then again, variables are easier to clean outside.