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This looks awesome! It's important they get this kind of product right on the first release -- because small business owners can't tolerate 'beta' for somethin
by savrajsingh 15y ago
This looks awesome! It's important they get this kind of product right on the first release -- because small business owners can't tolerate 'beta' for something so critical as their cash register.
Case in point: One of my favorite restaurants in Seattle was using iPads for registers (not using Square's product). I came back a few months later and they had switched to a 'normal' POS system. "What happened to the iPads?" I asked. "There were too many issues and they crashed way too often." It was a case of a restaurant that wanted to be on the cutting edge -- but in the end it didn't work out, so they went with a standard solution that worked well.
I don't doubt that square can execute -- they have already shipped some great products. I just want to point out that it's not as simple as some people might imagine.