[Gllug] Windows Petrol Pump

[David Damerell]

On Thursday, 17 Apr 2003, James Bailey wrote:
>From: Rev Simon Rumble [mailto:simon at rumble.net]
>>>It seems incredible to me that anyone would use something as
>>>unstable, or over-the-top, as Windows to run a simple Petrol Pump !!
>Remember that Linux is an incredibly new tool in the corporate armoury and
>much less well known than Windows and/or Unix based system.  These systems
>were probably planned and designed 2, 3 or even more years ago.

People were saying what you've said 2 or 3 years ago, too.

>AFAIK many cash points still run DOS!

I doubt it. Many cash points _do_ still run AS/400 - and if the banks
had any sense they would have stuck with it.

-- 
David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> Distortion Field!


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