Worm hits Windows-based ATMs

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Diebold switched from using IBM's OS/2 on its ATMs because banks were requesting Windows, said Steve Grzymkowski, senior product marketing manager at Diebold.

They went from OS/2 to Windows isn't that a downgrade :-D

 he said. "Another advantage is they are familiar with Windows."

 
Wouldn't training make familiarity erelevent? unless they don't train their technicians?  The though of my bank having technicians fresh out of college with no in house training makes me feel so secure :nervous:

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Man thats to funny, I remember using an ATM once that crashed in the middle of a transaction. It was running Win XO too and asked me to contact my system admin. I ended up having to call the back because it took the cash out of my account, but never gave it to me at the ATM.

There is a internet booth at a mall near me but hardly anyone uses it since anymore ever since its copy of windows 2000 kept rebooting radomly meaning you'd lose your the time you'd paid for.

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This I don't understand. I pretty much have to use Windows 2000 at home, because some of the software I need to use just isn't available on other platforms. But for an internet booth?! Linux should be fine if all someone wants to do is surf... and of course, much more stable.

Yes if people got it through their head they don't have to use IE.  Even the job bank near me uses Windows 2000 to search their job database.

yet the Giant Tigers (discount store) I went to seem to be running OS/2 for their registers.