Reply to post: Why use Windows?

'Windows Vista' spotted doing a whoopsie over EE's signage

Len
WTF?

Why use Windows?

I have never understood why all those digital signs, information portals, ATMs, ad carousels etc. use Windows? All they usually do is play a video, a slide show or display some HTML and occasionally have some rudimentary input.

Using a pared down Linux installation would suffice. Why, then, install a whole Windows platform with code and features 95% of which you will never need but is nonetheless there to crash on you when you least expect it?

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