From: "Randy" 

Not all ATM's are always net-connected-many still dial-in to a regional
switch. Depending on the line protocol implementataion that portion may be
as solid as they come.

Now, since a number of the newer ATM's I've seen deployed are using some
form of Embedded Windows, well, you hope their QA testing is rock-solid
also.

"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:geqkc11fmllkhihnumccjr9phqecpn8v4n{at}4ax.com...
>
> http://news.com.com/Indias+renaissance+The+100+computer/2009-1041_3-5752054.h
tml?tag=nefd.lede
>
> "In about three months, a little-known company called Novatium plans to
> offer a stripped-down home computer for about $70 or $75. "
>
>  A couple points of interest:
>
>  o   Obviously, the $70 price tag does not leave room for a $49 Windows
> license!
>
> "  Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala of the Indian Institute of Technology has
> developed a $1,000 automatic teller machine that can also serve as an
> Internet kiosk for villages"
>
>   What are they thinking of, connecting the ATM to an open internet
> connection? I wonder if it has been trojanned yet.  Perhaps they share
> only
> the keyboard, display, and disk drive but no other possible connection.
>

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