Agreed, they could still use the web POS interface but run local instances. You would still have sync to deal with but OfBiz could focus on a single POS UI rather than maintaining two.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Le Roux" <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:47:28 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver Subject: Re: Improper PULL synchronization from MCS From: "David E Jones" <david.jo...@hotwaxmedia.com> > > On Jan 23, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >> Yes, I agree. I think I will definitively put some effort on this >> side (WebPos I mean). This for this reason and the others being that >> XUI is no longer supported and we have issues with it. >> So it's not yet sure but I'm more an more thinking that the POS >> component will be legacy on day ... > > I doubt the current POS will ever be "legacy" or be abandoned, > although it depends on how many choose to use it. > > Typically organizations want easier deployment, so a web-based > application is great for them. > > In some cases things are very "mission critical", like getting money > from customers in physical retail locations. In those cases redundancy > and minimizing single points of failure is important. If the internet > goes down or even the network in the store, they want each cash > register to be able to run independently. For all but the smallest > retailers that's a mandatory requirement. They could use the same mechanims with WebPos isn'it (a local DB synchronized) ? Jacques > -David >
