Heya Russell, I've done a bit of work in this area before with Kennards Hire, and some general research of available POS systems.
They developed a custom application in Java that sits on top of a Fedora install. The app runs at all their branches nation wide and replicates data back to a central location. As far as the availability of the code, it belongs to Kennards and I don't think they're going to release it any time soon. :-) I've heard that Creative Computing[0] make excellent POS software. Bearnie is the guy to talk to there. POS software is not an itch most programmers want to scratch, so you're not going to find too many projects out there. :-) Muli[1] make business management software, which sort of isn't what you're asking about, but you might find it interesting nonetheless. In terms of FOSS POS solutions, there's not too much available, however PHP Point Of Sale[2] is suppose to be quite reasonable. Most (all?) of the FOSS POS projects out there are focused on a particular industry or business style, but with a bit of time and effort you can adapt what's out there to your needs. Hope this helps! Lindsay [0] http://www.creativecomputing.com.au/ [1] http://www.muli.com.au/ [2] http://www.phppointofsale.com/ On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:24:10AM +1100, Russell Davie wrote: > Hi All > > I was wondering on suggestions of Linux POS (point of sale) solutions > available for retail. > > Has anybody seen this work in a live retail environment? > > GNU would be great, however this may be unrealistic. > > Links and contacts sought for who can do this sort of work here in Australia > - NSW, QLD. > Who does this and who would you suggest? > -- http://slug.org.au/ (Sydney Linux Users Group) http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ (linux.conf.au 2007) http://holmwood.id.au/~lindsay/ (me) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
