On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, CYWare wrote:
> Has anybody out there built a program using ncurses in a production > environment? > We are switching one of our clients' POS systems from DOS to Linux. I don't > really want to use a GUI based interface (X,GTK,QT) since most of the POS > machines have only 16 to 32MB RAM. I think what you want to do is run a database server (mysql, postgresql, ibm/db2, or oracle) on a really big and reliable linux box (running kernel 2.4.14 or better), and run your POS application on thin clients. For the thin clients, you can use a visual basic app running under win98, or a pc-curses app running under msdos, or a ncurses app running under thin-linux, or an X-app running under xfree-linux. The virtue of a visual basic app running under win98 is that there are many visual basic programmers who can write your application -- in fact your present application might in fact be already in vb. As long as this program is well-written and you do not run any other app on the client (like play games), vb apps tend to be somewhat robust. A pc-curses app running under msdos will require an even smaller footprint, and is just as robust(?) as the win98 app. I know that this recommendation is the ORIGINAL SIN on this list, but hey, we have to give the legions of VB programmers some job to do. PMana _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
