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ATM Operators Eye Linux as Windows XP Support Ends

posted by janrinok on Monday March 24 2014, @12:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-know-it-makes-sense dept.

Sir Finkus writes:

"As Microsoft begins to end support for Windows XP, many ATM operators are investigating Linux as an alternative. Microsoft will no longer provide updates for the operating system, which currently powers nearly 95% of the world's ATMs.

Operators say that they'd like to be able to upgrade their machines and operating system at the same time. They are also hampered by the high cost of upgrading machines and regulatory requirements. With the lifetime of a typical ATM being 10-15 years, companies would value more flexible upgrade schedules."

 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 24 2014, @02:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 24 2014, @02:27PM (#20417)

    They're surprised because they're idiots.

    Updating machines, updating and/or maintaining the operating system of the machines, meeting regulatory requirements... that all falls under the category of that's what their business IS.

    Frankly, that they're using a general purpose operating system from anyone is absurd for their use case. Sure, start with Linux if you like, but fork that baby and create an ATM operating system that does ATMs and only ATMs. That's their business!

    But they don't do that, because it's cheaper in the short term to grab something off a shelf, tweak it a bit, slap it on that cheapest hardware they can sling together, and ship it off so the sales guys and management make their Holy Quarterly Numbers. Never realizing that they're killing their own companies in the long term. I swear it's like no one expects there to be a long term anymore...

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  • (Score: 1) by youngatheart on Monday March 24 2014, @09:01PM

    by youngatheart (42) on Monday March 24 2014, @09:01PM (#20659)

    I think you hit the nail on the head. No one expects there to be a long term anymore.

    • (Score: 1) by ButchDeLoria on Tuesday March 25 2014, @12:21AM

      by ButchDeLoria (583) on Tuesday March 25 2014, @12:21AM (#20781)

      I'd have thought that was obvious by pop culture's infatuation with natural disasters, apocalyptic events, and zombies.