On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:53:12 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> You would be amazed at how many cash registers, ATMs, and even vending
> machines are actually running Windows.

Yep.  And airline information boards (always fun to see one of those 
bluescreened) and here in Utah, the light rail system ticket kiosks as 
well.

I had an interesting discussion with a guy who works for Red Hat last 
week about this as well - seems odd to us that the banks are willing to 
spend so much money on Windows licenses for kiosks when such tasks are so 
trivial that an OS like Linux which can be set up as a simple appliance 
fairly easily.

(Of course it's not just about the technical challenges but also about 
support)

Jim

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