Oh, I cannot wait for the first story of dead ATM machines, or cash pouring out the machine, or a 3 finger salute rebooting a cash machine. Wonder what the cost difference for the banks would have been if they'd used one of the forms of Embedded Linux instead. Guess we'll never know. In Bill we trust...

Windows to Power ATMs in 2005. Most U.S. banks plan to convert their ATMs to the Windows operating system by 2005. Will this move make bank customers vulnerable to malicious Internet attacks and the infamous blue screen of death? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
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