Verily I say unto thee, that CountFloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
spake thusly:
> If you are really lucky, then the bank will still be running a
> customized version of OS/2 for their ATMs and servers. My bank used
> to run OS/2, then got conned into changing to Windows. I am almost
> afraid to use the ATM now(Wamu/Chase).
Was there ever an official public statement from IBM explaining /why/
they decided to flush their entire ATM market down the pan, and thus
subject the world to the horrors of Windows-infected card-bandits?
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| "The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which
| the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf
| denounces him for the same act, as the destroyer of liberty.
| Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of
| the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today
| among human creatures." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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