According to Martin Sevior <msevior mccubbin ph unimelb edu au>: > Hi Micah, > This sounds like an ideal opportunity to use various bits of > gnome-office for parts of the project. > > gnumeric for calculations/data-base, gnome-db for data-base and the > embedded abiword component for your invoice/billing/sales/purchase report > generation. > > I don't know about POS stuff though. The POS business is really in the area of VAR. You usually sells a black box which contains software, with a support. And support is important. I remember once in a clothes shop were they rebooted twice the machine because machine was caps-locked. I told them about the key :-) (and unfortunately I did not get a discount). Those boxes where some Windows NT with custom software. This is were Linux can have a role to play: offer a stable a mature platform that can be customized for specific use. I remember that JWZ developped a small POS for barmaid for his DNA Lounge. See http://www.dnalounge.com/ That was a small hack, but it looked nice and simple. Hub PS: I have my own ideas on the topic, if anyone want to discuss it privately, feel free to contact me.
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