During a walk around my local hardware store, I stopped in the paint isle. Not to look at the paint, but to stare in disbelief at the computer connected to a POS terminal…
Yes, you’ve got it - WindowsXP. Surely not, I hear you gasp. Sorry, but it’s true. It’s real - and this is still being used to process payments ? Let’s get this straight. WindowsXP is dead. And by that, I mean dead and buried - it should be used for anything. Period. I understand that organisations have limited budget to replace older equipment, but there really isn’t any excuse for a well-known hardware chain to still be using this.
