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echo: mystic
to: WARD DOSSCHE
from: G00R00
date: 2020-03-09 19:07:00
subject: Re: Mystic on FreeBSD?

 WD> Let's limit that to "every ATM in North America".

A quick Wikipedia shows that it was America, Iran, Brazil, Austrailia for ATMs.

US, UK used it for public transportation systems (apparently NYC still does but
London replaced it)

It was used to run Supermarkets too apparently.

Howard Stern ran his radio show with it lol.

 WD> Here in Europe I've seen XP. Automated ticket-machines for trains here
 WD> also run XP. As well as ticket machines for regional public transport.

Ouch XP was good, but it wasn't THAT stable.

 WD> Little known to many but most in-flight entertainment systems on
 WD> aircraft run on Linux.

That is what it feels like to me.  A Linux that someone did a crappy job of
trying to make it have a smooth touch UI like Android!  Although that just
might be limited hardware in those devices making it run like poop.

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