Comments on: Russian bank ATM requiring Windows product activation

By: James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil

James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:51:57 +0000

Here in Brazil, where all imports have a 60% import duty and there are no computers or even parts such as motherboards or memory manufactured here, about 60 to 70% of the computers in most companies, including banks, are smuggled into the country.

If there were a Brazilian computer industry to protect, it would make a little sense. As it is, it is simply government greed. They are not even smart enough to encourage foreign manufactures like Apple, HP, or Lenovo to start an industry here in Brazil. They did it with car companies, and the largest automobile plant in the world is a VW facility near São Paulo. But that was a different, snarter administration. As a result, Brazil supplies most of the cars in South America.

By: Andrew Dobrow

Andrew Dobrow — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:15:53 +0000

@SeDuctEx Goes to show, you shouldn’t skimp out on your software, especially if you’re a bank!

By: SeDuctEx

SeDuctEx — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:31:33 +0000

What probably happened here is the bank purchased their ATM software solution for the absolute lowest price. The hack software company that ‘hooked them up’ took the money and ran leaving their unknowing client with an unlicensed operating system on the machine. Kinda funny really. You get what you pay for.