Story: "End of Windows XP support puts 95% of world's ATMs at risk"
Not a story: "Tons of crazy people who have the means to do otherwise are deploying machines that handle money with a 10 year old operating system"
Not a story: "Tons of crazy people who have the means to do otherwise are deploying machines that handle money with a 10 year old operating system"
PS: Also, Windows XP embedded is still supported till 2016 if not longer so while companies need to have a plan in place for upgrading it's not necessary right now.
A piece of software might be supported for 5 years. But perhaps it's 4 years into that period before the new version is available and considered stable enough to use. That gives you less than a year during which you have to upgrade - including any other changes, integration testing etc.