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| DATE | 2003-08-13 |
| FROM | Ron Guerin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] IBM, Bankers at Odds Over OS/2 Migration Path
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On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:34, Ron Guerin wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 17:10, Inker, Evan wrote:
> > IBM, Bankers at Odds Over OS/2 Migration Path
> > http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,83884,00.html
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> What a load of bullshit. The banks blame using Windows on the ATM
> makers, and the ATM makers blame using Windows on the banks.
>
> I'm sure there's a truth here, but it's not in that article.
IBM could do themselves a big favor and get into the Linux-based ATM
business really fast. It shouldn't be hard to sell a cheaper more
reliable, securable ATM. If not, IBM is going to get squeezed out of the
banking business and from what I can tell, that would be a serious blow
to them.
- Ron
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