Now Greggs

[Zigenare]

"We don't need to test our code with QA as it just works with our tests"

And that is why a good tester is worth their weight in gold.

Developers test to pass.
QA tests to fail.

[courtg9000]

Does XP get updates? POS were frequently XP.

If they are MS, then more likely Windows 7 embedded or Windows 10 embedded.

[WTFH]

I seem to recall that a certain simian poster used to like Greggs, but has now moved on to Nando's.
Could the fact that he is no longer supporting them with his business be related to their systems crashing? If so, should we warn Nando's?

[vetran]

If they are MS, then more likely Windows 7 embedded or Windows 10 embedded.

they have moved on then, I remember until recently many were XP and blew up to a recognisable screen.

https://search.theregister.com/?q=POS+XP

https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/15/bork/
https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/28/bork/

[quackhandle]

Now Nationwide...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68635180

qh

[courtg9000]

Now Nationwide...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68635180

qh

Are the cash machines still running on NT? There were quite a few when I was there.