Well, I know Phat Kaps out at hickory Hollow mall uses a Mac POS system, I tried to tell T down there but no one listens to me that Macs are only good for one thing, doorstops... lol
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Don Delp<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
