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On 10/27/2010 5:52 AM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>> On 26/10/2010 07:56 PM, nemesis wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, at least in Brazil a large percentage of ATM machines are Linux
>>> underneath.
>>> How about that for ease of use? ;)
>>
>> Wikipedia asserts that many newer ATMs run Windows - which would be
>> extremely disturbing if true...
>>
>
> Older ones used to run OS/2 2.1. The newer ones mostly run Windows 2000
> or XP. In some cases, you can even see the Thinkpad inside when they are
> being refilled with money.
>
> I've seen one reboot and execute a bunch of .BATs to upgrade stuff while
> trying to get money for a cab at Prague's airport. Very scary!
>
I don't know.. DOS might actually be "more" reliable than some of these
newer OSes, which where never intended for single purpose machines,
without multitasking needs.
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void main () {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
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