[luau] Linux Based POS Systems Increase 80% in 2001

[Brian Chee]

actually I've seen quite a few DOS based register systems that use the DOS
NFS mount utilizing a bootprom very similar to the linuxterminal
stuff....SantaCruzOperations (SCO) has just about captured the market for
POS stuff, but linux and BSD seem to be making quite a bit of headway from
what I've seen.

Rewriting a POS app is non-trivial and in talking to some of the POS
integrators, there has been interest in a pure linux solution, but they like
the support they've gotten from SCO. I can predict this changing, but not
quickly. The good news is that POS registers have been typically setup on an
embedded system of some sort, and the support of linux on embedded systems
is fantastic now...so maybe, just maybe we'll see change.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that traditional linux apps will get
bypassed for java or embedded java instead...especially now that
.java.policy rules have capabilities rivaling that of ipchains....got some
very cool verbs and nouns available in the policy file.

The thing I haven't figured out yet is how to create a system based policy
file that can override what has been put into the local user's policy file?
I'm also gonna ping the java users group....but this is more of a network
question so I thought I'd ping this group. I'm trying to close some
potential security holes that can all too easily be exploited by talented
programmers.

/brian chee


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Fujioka" <surfdean at hawaii.rr.com>
To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [luau] Linux Based POS Systems Increase 80% in 2001


> Several stores that we support / have installed (as well as other POS
VARs)
> use Linux as the server technology.  As Jeff suggests, Counterpoint does
run
> much more smoothly on Linux (via the absence of data corruption and the
> heinous concept and implementation of daily modem based data transfers
> called polling) while providing additional benefits, such as seeing up to
> the moment sales / inventory at any / all stores at once.  But, as Scott
> mentions, the client tends to be a winolose workstation, rather than a
> trimmed version of Linux. {deep sigh} One of these days...
>
> dean
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>
> To: "LUAU" <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:11 PM
> Subject: [luau] Linux Based POS Systems Increase 80% in 2001
>
>
> > It looks like *some* people are using Linux for POS terminals.  Anyone
> know
> > any local stores using Linux for POS?  (Not the other acronym having to
do
> > with quality.)
> >
> > http://www.ihlservices.com/en/2002Press4.asp
> > Miami, Fl. (BUSINESS WIRE) - March 24, 2002 - The population of Retail
> Point
> > of Sale Terminals running Linux in North America increased 80% according
> to
> > a new study released today from IHL Consulting Group. However, shipments
> of
> > the popular open-source operating system actually decreased from 2000.
> > (continued)
> >
> >
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