On 10/26/2010 2:35 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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
Support? Oh, you mean, "Turn it off, wait 30 seconds, and turn it on 
again. Unless the web service the kiosk is "actually" running from is 
down, this should fix it (well, at least for a few days...)"

-- 
void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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