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Anyone implementing business-critical applications which have to continue to function if external services go down. Ever wondered how cash registers work? Exac
by Slartie 8y ago
Anyone implementing business-critical applications which have to continue to function if external services go down.
Ever wondered how cash registers work? Exactly like that. The world may burn down around you, but as long as your cash register PC is running, it must continue to at least offer basic functionality.
- scarface74 8y agoYou mean like all of the cash registers at companies like Target that were breached because they were distributed? https://www.post-gazette.com/business/2013/12/19/Target-acknowledges-security-breach-40-million-accounts-compromised/stories/201312190236 https://www.post-gazette.com/business/2013/12/19/Target-ackn...
- cthalupa 8y agoThe vast majority of point of sale systems are networked, and this is nothing new. There's literally millions of PoS systems out there running off of AS/400 backends, even today.