Thanks for chiming in on this, Orly. CYWare's SimplePOS went live in Shopwise Araneta Center, Cubao in 2004. It uses a Qt-based GUI, PostgreSQL back-end, and Debian.
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 17:04 +0800, Orlando Andico wrote: > 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...." > > > -- Federico Sevilla III F S 3 Consulting Inc. http://www.fs3.ph
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