If you want a great professional POS program that runs on Linux you
should look at Quasar. http://linuxcanada.com/pos.shtml

Better then starting your own and a lot less money the most.

On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 14:11 -0600, Michael Collins wrote:

> I have a client that is in bed with this dos based Point of Sale
> software.  It runs under wine on a server and has 5 Suse machines as
> the pos machines.   Being dos based it really is time to upgrade.  The
> new software runs under XP and will run under wine it seems.  If not
> it will run under Crossover.  Crossover has this package called Xover
> server which uses thin clients.  It seems like LTSP would be a perfect
> replacement.  The client doesnt like M$ and would rather not have it
> but the alternative and the Software Companies preferred solution is
> to put XP on the five clients.  
> 
> I'd rather build a ruby based pos and be done with it but you know how
> the real world is.
> 
> I guess the question is, would ltsp do the job?  I know that is a
> stupid question
> 
> And what are y'alls thoughts on this? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> -- 
> Michael H. Collins
> 
> It's us against them.  Ride like you stole it.
> 
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> 
> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. 
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