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16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

1. It comes from the vendor that way. I don't know, I wasn't here two years ago when they made that decision.
2. Again, another I have no idea I wasn't here at the time. I've heard that it's just protocol that any machine running Windows has to have AV. McAfee sales person probably sold it to us.
3. We should and I agree with you, but that's outsourced somewhere else. Not even my department.
4. I didn't design any of the current systems and I certainly would not have done it this way. A lot of the decisions made are based on standards set by credit card processors. Similar to how healthcare IT has to deal with HIPAA, we have to deal with the credit card equivalent.

If I had any power at all here, things would be very different. But nothing will ever change. It just doesn't happen with these large organizations. After all, I am just a temporary contract guy.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

Not all of the POS systems are XP, in fact only one is. The others are Win CE embed that are basically thin clients.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

They won't switch. They are too unfamiliar with it and there are maybe a handful if not less people in the building who know how to really use Linux. Plus after the serious investment made into the whole infrastructure, software, patches etc would be akin to admitting the past two years have been a colossal mistake. This day and age, no one wants to admit mistake or be held accountable.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

The POS systems are not directly on the internet. They aren't even indirectly. The updates were pushed down the private MPLS network.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +2 points

I'm probably younger than most being 26. Though there are a good mix of young and old here in the office�

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

Nothing because McAfee picked up the tab on everything. They kinda had too. :)

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 1 reply · +2 points

I am a donating member of the EFF if that counts. Honestly, I am currently paying off my recent wedding and underemployed. If I could donate, I would.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

If I had my way, I probably would. But I am not the one in charge of such things.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm most familiar with Ubuntu. I've been using it since probably version 5.04.

16 years ago @ Holy Crap My Hair Is O... - How Linux Saved A Fast... · 0 replies · +1 points

I won't disagree with you, but the stores were still working regardless of the issue being fixed or not. After all, it was just one POS that wen't down. It's just that something like 80% of business is done through the drive thru.

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