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Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk by Retric on Thursday March 20, 2014 @11:03AM (#7435926)
New in no way means secure. I would find it far more shocking if people used windows 8.1 for ATMs.

PS: Also, Windows XP embedded is still supported till 2016 if not longer so while companies need to have a plan in place for upgrading it's not necessary right now.

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Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk by 013 on Thursday March 20, 2014 @11:16AM (#7436007)
But, there's a small gap in-between bleeding edge and end of life.
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Re:End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk by omh on Thursday March 20, 2014 @12:38PM (#7436696)
In all seriousness - with modern software, there can be all too small a gap between bleeding edge and end of life.

A piece of software might be supported for 5 years. But perhaps it's 4 years into that period before the new version is available and considered stable enough to use. That gives you less than a year during which you have to upgrade - including any other changes, integration testing etc.

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