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In message <4arsjg$u...@news.microsoft.com> - A-Robru (Robert Russ) writes:
:>
:>In article <4aqupk$j...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, ela...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu 
:>says...
:>>
:>>In <4aqpuo$4...@sloth.swcp.com>, Gen...@swcp.com (Gene Gajewski) writes:
:>>
:>>>This can't be right - OS/2 running an ATM? Heck - I'd shoot the manager 
:>>>that made that product decision. What an utter frickin waste! Does not 
:>>>anyone know how to right a clean concise embedded system? An ATM is a 
:>>>fairly stupid machine with a limited function...
:>>========
:>> 
:>>An ATM might be considered a fairly stupid machine, but it a networked
:>>unattended client that dispenses hundreds of thousands of dollars per day
:>>per machine.
:>> 
:>>For this kind of security, one doesn't rely on Joe "quick-coder," one 
:>goes
:>>with a proven company that ships and supports a proven operating system.
:>>
:>>Eric Larson
:>>ela...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
:>>
:>I think OS/2 users have a misconception of why OS/2 runs most of the ATM 
:>machines today.  The reason for this is because IBM makes about 80% of the 
:>ATM cards that actually run the thing.  With the card, IBM also provides 
:>the software.  Now, do you think that IBM would not take advantage of this 
:>opportunity to use OS/2?  It's no real mystery why OS/2 runs the ATM 
:>Machines, if another company made the cards then we probably would see 
:>another company OS running the ATM machines....
:>
:>					PEACE.....
:>
:>-- 
:>The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views 
:>and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.
:>


The dumb just got dumber.

IBM does not even remotely make 80% of the ATMs today.  They don't even make 
their own ATMs and the ATM cards are all made by the banks themselves just 
like a credit card.  

Diebold is the #1 maker of ATMs (they make them for IBM too.)  NCR is the 
other.  And they prefer to use OS/2.

Rgds,

Chris


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