17 Apr
2013
17 Apr
'13
7:17 p.m.
> [...] who thinks Windows machines process
financial transactions. ;)
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013, Mouse wrote:
They do. My bank uses Windows for its customer-facing
agents'
desktops. (It'd be a reason to switch, except I don't expect to find
anyone saner in that respect.)
No, that's not the backend, not the bulk processor, but that Windows
machine is indeed handling that agent's transactions in at least some
senses.
Kaiser uses PCs in every exam room (either Dell or HP), running Windoze.
But, one of the main windows that is open is a CICS session!
Unfortunately their systems staff has little enough medical knowledge
that their Undesirable Medication Side Effects report is MISlabelled
"ALLERGIES"!
If you think that that is unimportant, it meant that their ER staff,
in an emergency, were scared to administer an appropriate med because
I once discontinued taking it because it made me drowsy.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com