12-23-2019, 10:28 PM
(12-23-2019, 04:40 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(12-18-2019, 02:24 PM)ac3r Wrote: Amazingly, there are still a lot of ATM machines out there running IBM's OS/2, which originally launched 32 years ago.
Embedded systems don't change OS on a whim, they will tend to stay on an old but stable version, so lots of old ones out there. Our company is still shipping (hundreds of thousands of) devices that are based on NetBSD 1.0 (vintage 1994 or so).
"Old but stable" = unpatched security flaws.
Yes, it depends on what you mean by "version"...presumably (hopefully) security patches are being done.
The point is clear however, the core OS doesn't matter nearly as much as the utter incompetence of the application developers in the case of our payment system.
But forget that, I'd be happy if there was evidence that anyone involved with this project (from trains, to stations, to payment systems, to fare inspection) had ever even been in the same room as a UX designer in their life....