Automated Teller Machines

[Curtis Sandoval]

Okay, google fails me in this instance because of the obvious overlap with
asynchronous transfer mode, but having worked for a bank and having had
access to the ATM lab, I am very concerned about the machines from a
security and reliability standpoint.  (I won't get into the issues with the
Diebold voting machines used in my original state, Ohio)  Anyway, I wondered
if there were any efforts to develop a Linux like OpenBSD or similar that
was all but impenetrable and could run on minimal resources to produce an
open-source and secure platform for banks to use instead of a low-end
commodity PC and Win XP (let me just say this..."dispense test mode").
Anybody heard anything about this, or think it's a viable idea?  It would
seem an obvious opportunity for open source to step up to an ubiquitous
application and prove its superiority.
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