2 Feb
2007
2 Feb
'07
2:35 p.m.
On 2/2/07, Bryan Pope <bpope at wordstock.com> wrote:
Which one? All the self-checkout lines I have seen are running
Windows :-(.. I could tell by the Windows lock screen on the
out-of-order systems. Why oh why couldn't an OS be used that is
actually real-time and more responsive?!
Ours down here in Texas (at H-E-B) run Linux, netbooting to an X
server at 640x480 or a similar res. They aren't responsive worth a
hoot, but they are very stable. Until the paper runs out of the
reciept printer, that is. ;-)
Josef
--
"I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world
and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke."
-- Hilda "Sharpie" Burroughs,
"The Number of the Beast" by Robert A. Heinlein