And before anyone asks (probably too late) POS = Point of Sale System Hatton Humphrey wrote:
> Their POS is probably running an *NIX system of some kind... when I > worked at Radio Shack our backend computer took over 5 minutes to start > up and almost 30 minutes to shut down. Lots of drivers, connections and > sockets to load on an old P90. > > Hatton > > Raymond Camden wrote: > > >>So - the wife, rugrat and I go to Sonic yesterday at high noon and get >>turned away because... the computers are down and it's going to take 15+ >>minutes to get them back. This makes me wonder... >> >>1) Why these people can't use a calculator, or lord forbid, simple >>freaking preschool mathematics to figure out our total? I understand if >>they need to track the orders, but it's noon - the busiest time of the >>year. Deal with it. >> >>2) What kind of computers are they using that would take that long to >>reboot and start up? Heck, even Win95 on a slow system would be up and >>running in 4 minutes at most. >> >>Am I crazy... or was I just being cranky because I was hungry?? >> >>-rc >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
