Capitec outage hits payments, ATMs, and digital banking channels

konfab said:
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
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Vanessa13 said:
For WEEKS, I have been querying a bug that logs me out whenever I try to make a payment. Been IGNORED. For WEEKS. Now suddenly it's a huge issue. What's the bet this could have been avoided if Capitec had not ignored my MANY queries???????
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Holy ****! We found the test user. I always knew that separate test and production environments was a lie. Developers select a single production user and test all their changes on them. :X3:
 
FFS. They send a message that everything is working but app still not working. FFS Pos R5 bank.
 
Apparently my flight for this afternoon has been canceled because of this issue
 
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Jet-Fighter7700 said:
put everything on the cloud they said, it will be fun they said
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Not really cloud related. Just seeing more reports on cloud going down as everything has moved to the cloud. Your onprem will be effected as well.

But I get what you are saying. I think we are going to start seeing a shift back from cloud to onprem due to high cloud costs and security issues.

I saw the other day what our company pays for cloud and almost fell out of my chair.
 
This is not Capitec's fault. The entire planet has been hit by a Windows boot loop due to a rogue Microsoft 365 update affecting thousands of banks, airports and many on-line services. I think Capitec did really well to recover so quickly.
 
AVTecnoJunkie said:
This is not Capitec's fault. The entire planet has been hit by a Windows boot loop due to a rogue Microsoft 365 update affecting thousands of banks, airports and many on-line services. I think Capitec did really well to recover so quickly.
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Nice try @backstreetboy
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