> > What you're saying is true, though I don't see too much difference in > vulnerability. > > I download from Windows Update every week a bunch of security patches for Windows 7 > > now. Though we all know that nothing could stop a serious exploit done by "serious" > > people in the system. So.... I guess you already have the answer. > > We're talking banks. Banks. We all know what can happen when banks get in trouble. > There is no justification, imo, in a bank using XP. If people want to run it at home, > fine. But a bank? Nah.
Sure, I agree. Though maybe they don't want to spend thousands of EURO in upgrading their systems when probably all is working fine for them. Bad choice, of course, but as you said... we're talking about banks: if they crack, people lose all their money without any refund and managers are free to re-start their "job" in another place. At least this happened recently here in Italy.