[dba-Tech] Financial Institutions Migrating from XP to Linux

On 2014-03-22 11:53 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> ComputerWorld has an interesting piece on this subject. Aside from the cost
> of the software (there are 400K ATMs in the US alone), there is the fact
> that the institutions are at the mercy of Microsoft's obsolescence
> deadline, currently April 8. It is estimated that 95% of the ATMs in the
> world run XP currently.
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247096/ATM_operators_eye_Linux_as_alternative_to_Windows_XP

Microsoft's forced obsolescence policy is coercion in the service of 
profit, an argument against depending on any of their software.

PB