Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
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Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#2Uh, ATMs use Windows XP Embedded, which isn't really the same thing and is not at EOL. Microsoft said they'll support Embedded at least until 2016.
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#3Uh, ATMs use Windows XP Embedded, which isn't really the same thing and is not at EOL. Microsoft said they'll support Embedded at least until 2016.
I wonder, why would ATMs use XP instead of Linux which sounds like a much better fit?
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#4Many XP systems cannot be upgraded to another version of Windows, at least officially the hardware isn't adequate. On the other hand there was a huge opportunity to switch these systems to Linux if there had been a savvy distro with a little cash and a business model. But I fear that bus has left the station.
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#5This is a good opportunity for institutions to move to Linux instead of Windows 8, if they're going to have to train their users to use it anyway:
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/education-mi...
As for why ATM's aren't using Linux, is beyond me. I guess Microsoft got to them first. This is the problem with open source projects over commercial solutions - there's hardly anyone out there working hard to promote that solution to users, other than the "community".
Things are changing and the community and social media can have a bigger impact, but not when these ATM owners had to make the choice, and Microsoft is still spending billions on promoting their stuff.
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#6Uh, ATMs use Windows XP Embedded, which isn't really the same thing and is not at EOL. Microsoft said they'll support Embedded at least until 2016.
I wonder, why would ATMs use XP instead of Linux which sounds like a much better fit?
Driver support for various touchscreens? But that's just a guess. I would imagine the license cost is not a huge factor in the price of an ATM.
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
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Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#8Why do I still use Windows XP? Because Microsoft charges too much for Windows-8. Right now I am running XP in virtual box on my Linux workstation, and everything works fine. Why would I pay to upgrade to Windows-8 knowing that I might have trouble installing Windows-8 in virtualbox. There is no point.
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#9Uh, ATMs use Windows XP Embedded, which isn't really the same thing and is not at EOL. Microsoft said they'll support Embedded at least until 2016.
I wonder, why would ATMs use XP instead of Linux which sounds like a much better fit?
Hardware and software support mostly. OEMs and vendors often write software and drivers for Windows only, or have better support in Windows.
But there's no reason I know of to keep using XP instead of 7 or 8 for these applications.
Disclaimer: I work for a company that engineers software for self-service patient check-in kiosks.
Re: Despite Attempts to Get Users To Upgrade From XP, 30% Still Use It
#10What could be interesting will be percentage of computers running Windows 7 at EOL. My bet is it will be the same or higher. I don't see many companies jumping on the Windows 8 bandwagon any time soon, especially with how much "less buggy" 7 is versus 8.x.