POS & Invoicing software on Ubuntu

[Roger Neth Jr]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>wrote:

> Roger Neth Jr wrote:
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> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:39 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> (well actually, I'm sure he didn't, but the attributions have got muddled)
>
> >> Hello Forum, I've been selling Restaurant POS for over eight years and
> >> Windows based. I tried to find Linux Restaurant POS software and only
> >> found proprietary software. I talked to a big hardware distributor on
> the
> >> west coast and they said there is no interest in linux.
> >
> > I believe this would be a great niche market for linux and consultants,
> > especially with the current economic downturn and Windows tax and lockin.
>
> I'd be surprised if it would be a "great" niche market, but I'd be equally
> surprised if the purchases _care_ what software is on it, as long as it
> works.  I really doubt many restaurateurs specifically ask for a "Windows"
> POS.  They might ask for specific POS apps.
> --
> derek
>

Hello derek,  you could be right as one of my distributors has a touchscreen
all in one /restaurant POS software (Chinese Co.) combo with Windows XP Pro
for under $1K after a $100.00 rebate. In my experience the restaurant market
is price sensitive as I work with mom and pop restaurants.

Roger

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