Doesn't get often in the news but Rustans Supermarket has been using a Debian-based POS from Carlos Yu's CYWareInc (a member of this forum) for at least the past five years... PostgreSQL back-end.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Ariz Jacinto <[email protected]> wrote: > FTA: > http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20090416-199780/RP-retailer-goes-for-Linux-based-system > > "....Puregold has ordered more than 2,000 licenses of TPLinux software > [Linux-based point-of-sale or POS system], according to Paderborn, > Germany-based Wincor Nixdorf, which sells niche solutions for banks > and retail firms. > > “We wanted to cut the cost of buying anti-virus licenses and save on > the cost of the license of (Microsoft) Windows per POS,” said Ruel > Magat, Puregold’s IT Manager...." -- Orlando Andico +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
