On 2/19/07, Bopolissimus X Platypus Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 15:41 +0800, eric pareja wrote:
> I wonder though about how far they got to end-user training. I recall
> seeing KDE Linux running at KFC stores, but they often have WINE
> running some MS Office application (Excel? or Word?).
We're in the process of a *long* migration to a new distribution (the
restaurant servers run a very old redhat with patches/upgrades).
I just can imagine how long that migration would take. Though maybe
not as painful way late 90s when the whole infrastructure was slowly
being built to replace the old systems. IIRC, end-user training alone
had to involve bringing in the store managers from different parts of
the country to the head office and train them by batches.
What's so fulfilling back then was that anything where Linux and Open
Source can creep in almost always got approval from KFC's management
and welcomed even by the users.
One good example, while the store POS was at its inception, OpenLDAP
which was quite "new" that time also had begun to centralize user
profiles for directory and e-mail services. Addressbooks used to be
e-mailed every month to everyone for updates and seeing LDAP answering
this concern, at no extra cost, was a winner outright.
Also, a couple of machines having one modem each and running some
pcanywhere-like software and an xbase application used to handle
inventory replenishment for the stores. Some stores would even call
long-distance just to access the system. Replacing this with Linux +
web-based app + multi-port serial card + Internet not only reduced the
bills but also made the service more accessible. And imagine the
relief it gave to the tech who used to watch over the old system
everytime a store manager calls it a day and mistakenly shuts down the
remote machine... =p
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