On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:17:22 +1100 Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Heya Russell, > I've done a bit of work in this area before with Kennards Hire, and > some general research of available POS systems. > > They developed a custom application in Java that sits on top of a Fedora > install. The app runs at all their branches nation wide and replicates > data back to a central location. > > As far as the availability of the code, it belongs to Kennards and I > don't think they're going to release it any time soon. :-) > > I've heard that Creative Computing[0] make excellent POS software. > Bearnie is the guy to talk to there. > > POS software is not an itch most programmers want to scratch, so you're > not going to find too many projects out there. :-) > > Muli[1] make business management software, which sort of isn't what you're > asking about, but you might find it interesting nonetheless. > > In terms of FOSS POS solutions, there's not too much available, however > PHP Point Of Sale[2] is suppose to be quite reasonable. > > Most (all?) of the FOSS POS projects out there are focused on a > particular industry or business style, but with a bit of time and effort > you can adapt what's out there to your needs. > > Hope this helps! > Lindsay > > [0] http://www.creativecomputing.com.au/ > [1] http://www.muli.com.au/ > [2] http://www.phppointofsale.com/ > > > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:24:10AM +1100, Russell Davie wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I was wondering on suggestions of Linux POS (point of sale) solutions > > available for retail. > > > > Has anybody seen this work in a live retail environment? > > > > GNU would be great, however this may be unrealistic. > > > > Links and contacts sought for who can do this sort of work here in > > Australia - NSW, QLD. > > Who does this and who would you suggest? > > > > -- > http://slug.org.au/ (Sydney Linux Users Group) > http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ (linux.conf.au 2007) > http://holmwood.id.au/~lindsay/ (me) Thanks Linsay and to all who replied, It will take a while for me to get around to checking out your suggestions and replying to your personal emails, However I would like to say it is very reassuring that the crew at slug were the right folks to contact about this. The scenario is that my employer owns a small business and joint venture in another. He been so badly burnt with a "winPOS" in the joint venture he has gone from been computer illiterate to computer phobic. He would rather stick to his price-guns and manual labelling. On the other hand he is contracted by the shopping center to totally upgrade the shop next April-May. This will mean a larger volume of business and result in the price-gun manual system becoming rapidly overwhelmed. So hence to opportunity for simpler, cheaper, and hopefully Linux, retail solution. thanks again Russell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
