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by WWLink 694 days ago
> Pyxis cabinet

Why would a Pyxis cabinet run Windows? I realize Windows isn't even necessarily at fault here, but why on earth would such a device run Windows? Is the 90s form of mass incompetence in the industry still a thing where lots of stuff is written for Windows for no reason?
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mandevil 694 days ago
I don't know what Pyxis runs on, my wife is the pharmacist and she doesn't recognize UI package differences with the same practiced eye that I do. And she didn't mention problems with the Pyxis. Just problems with some of their servers and lots of end user machines. So I don't know that they do.
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dghlsakjg 694 days ago
You only need one link in the chain of doctor -> pharmacist -> pixys -> nurse to be reliant on Windows for this to fail.
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