The fuel dispenser industry, from an IT perspective, is a racket. My family owns a small independent gas station and recently did a POS replacement. The proprie

The fuel dispenser industry, from an IT perspective, is a racket. My family owns a small independent gas station and recently did a POS replacement. The proprietary protocols for communicating to dispensers and controllers makes for crazy vendor lock-in and ridiculous installation fees, hardware prices, and ongoing support fees.