[Gllug] Windows Petrol Pump

[Jonathan Dye]

Ian Scott wrote:
>> It seems incredible to me that anyone would use
>> something as unstable,
>> or over-
>> the-top, as Windows to run a simple Petrol Pump !!
> 
> Last time I flew from Stanstead, all the information
> screens were displaying a windows error message box
> (along the lines of 'Oh dear, it's all gone horribly
> wrong. Press OK to reboot').  Doesn't inspire
> confidence!
> 
> It's amazing how much does run windows.  I've seen the same screen on
> broken ATMs. 

It amazing how to think that we only know about these ones because we've
seen BSOD, I wonder how many other things run Windows where we havn't seen
BSOD.  To add to the list, I've seen BSOD on Rail Station information boards
and on the Ticket machines.

JD

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