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		protomyth on Feb 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Running a Bakery on Emacs and PostgreSQL We bought a new iSeries mainly because the accounting staff said, point blank, the GUI on the replacement system was total crap. The green screen is efficient and they can get everything done quickly without moving a hand off the keyboard.

0x445442 on Feb 27, 2019 [–]

Exactly. Go to any retailer with these green screen Point of Sale systems and watch them wiz around the keyboard.

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