"POS Software" as in "Point Of Sale" or "Piece Of Sh*t"? :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Rigby Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:28 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] Macs in business I went to the Apple Store in Tyson's Corner Mall twice this past week. I had to walk almost the entire length of the mall to get there from where I like to park. Just for interest, I decided to take note of what OS the computers in the little kiosks that dot the mall are using. These little kiosks are actually mini stores located on the concourses on both levels of the mall, and there are dozens of them. On my first trip I scanned the kiosks on the second level. I saw only brands of computers that would be typically running Windows, and they all appeared to be doing do. The next day I scanned all, or most of the kiosks on the first level. Again, Windows machines were all that I saw. I work part time in the picture framing business. Last time I checked, there were 24 picture framing POS software packages for Windows and 4 for Mac and PC. None for Mac alone. There actually was a higher percentage for the Mac platform a few years ago than there are today, and where I work we initially had Macintosh POS software, but that maker switched to Windows and dumped Macintosh. His rationale for doing so? "Everybody in the framing business seems to want to use Windows computers," was what he had to say. FWIW, and this is purely my own observation based upon over 40 years in picture framing, I have never worked for a picture framing operation that was not conservative in its political orientation and sociological outlook. I dunno if that has a thing to do with the penchant for Windows machines in that line of business, but that's been my personal experience and the experience of almost everybody that I know in picture framing. Of course, that's probably par for the course in the business world anyway. Steve ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
