CountFloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:25:23 UTC, wispygalaxy <wispygalaxy@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not surprised that you are afraid to use the ATM at Washington Mutual
>> after what happened in the financial meltdown! But I understand- you
>> want
>> a system that's reliable. It is your money after all, and you want it
>> protected!
>
> Yes,
> Banks and insurance companies have/had been running a customized
> version of OS/2, usually 1.3EE(Enterprise Edition) and were totally
> secure and safe. No "hacker" in their right mind would even think of
> writing malware for OS/2, it was pretty bulletproof, with a very
> secure kernal and API maintained by IBM. When I was in the USAF in
> the '80s, all computers at the base/government offices were running
> OS/2 in a very secure environment. Even the splash screen of OS/2
> mentioned U.S. government usage and limitations!
I can see that there was a tight ship being run that led to consistency and
security. With government affairs, this is important.
LOL, even the splash screen was serious business!
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