Off Topic, but: I'm surprised that nobody has suggested they try Windows, since that's a real POS to work with. :)
On a recent trip to Southern IL, I stopped at a little pizza place that uses iMacs as POS terminals. I would have never guessed that somebody would write POS software for the Mac, since it's normally more of an appliance oriented software. I wonder if they were just running one of the applications that you've found. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Chris Faulkner<[email protected]> wrote: > > Kudos Evan for this project. Seeing as businesses are in total crap > right now (Rosario's), working with these people to find them a OSS > solution will eventually pay off in the long run. > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Evan Brown<[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Michael Chaney <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> They're best off getting a decent POS system with excellent support >>> from someone who will support it. Even if you find a FOSS solution, >>> you will have to support it, meaning if their business goes down, >>> they'll track you down. Something like that could easily cost them >>> thousands of dollars. You probably don't want to deal with it. >> >> You may be right there, but this is also a small business (~40 seats) that >> is only open evenings. Their current system for running bar tabs is all >> paperwork and i know from experience (helped them out last friday) that it >> doesnt work when it gets busy. who knows how much money they are losing on >> busy nights because of the antiquated system. >> >> I downloaded and installed this openbravo pos that from everything i see is >> completely free. its really slick and seems to be very user friendly and >> very configurable. seeing as their size is small, its not something that >> would have multiple terminals and the db server in the back room or >> something, just one terminal. >> >> anyway, the warning is being heeded. this isnt anywhere near a done deal, >> its actually more of a, "this is your problem, and this is a way to fix it" >> type situation. >> >> Thanks >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
