Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Mar 23 17:09:16 CDT 2014
Hi Arthur: And to add to the list... http://thehackernews.com/2014/03/indian-banks-switching-to-linux-rather.html Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:53:44 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Financial Institutions Migrating from XP to Linux 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 . -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com