area. I think the internal db is oracle.
I would take a look at it, there are a ton of other companies writing
extensions to the system. One co built an ecommerce solution that ties into
it, another si writing a purchasing app which will allow you to automate
your purchasing through user defined business logic.
-w
At 09:30 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
>I looked into Intuit's, but it didn't appear to offer an integratable
>backend. It does integrate with Quickbooks, so maybe some of the same
>integration techniques used with Quickbooks would work, but I
>understand that API not to be very good.
>
>In regard to Retail Pro, how was it? I'm scared to spend money on a
>good system if it makes sense. In a perfect world, it would be a system
>that supported all the generic retail operations including inventory,
>the data was in a mainstream database, was deployed using Ethernet,
>allowed external systems to update its inventory, and used more modern
>hardware.
>
>-Matt
>
>On Jan 29, 2004, at 11:19 PM, walker wrote:
>
> > I've worked with Retail Pro-http://www.retailpro.com/
> >
> > Robust system, and you can talk to the database. Might not be ideal for
> > "small retail".
> >
> > Have you checked out Intuit's POS system? Might be nice to have
> > something
> > that integrates with Quickbooks.
> >
> > -w
> >
> > At 08:57 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
> > >My brother is starting a retail business that needs to purchase a POS
> > >for. I am not really familiar with the POS market and haven't been
> > >impressed with what he has found so far. I'd like to see a POS that
> > >provided a backend that I could integrate with from CF. That backend
> > >could be a mainstream database accessible via JDBC or even just a Java
> > >API. I assume people on this list must have worked with small retail
> > >operations that wanted an integrated e-commerce web presence. If so,
> > >any information on this subject would be helpful since I know very
> > >little about POS systems.
> > >
> > >I have found some open source Java-based POS systems that I could
> > >easily hack up for his needs, but he and I would feel more comfortable
> > >buying a POS system.
> > >
> > >-Matt
> > >
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