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

[cpaul at telemetrybox.org]

I once had a short job rescuing data from a Linux server running counterpoint.  If I remember correctly, the software is actually written for SCO, but run under emulation.  The database and filesystem layout for the software is very un-unix.  The console UI was decent however.  


On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 08:29:08AM -1000, Dean Fujioka wrote:
> 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
>