Linux To Run Sherwin-Williams Cash Registers

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Linux To Run Sherwin-Williams Cash Registers

Posted by Hemos on Thursday May 23, 2002 @02:32PM from the victories-roll-in dept.

oilfieldtrash writes "According to this news article on Yahoo!, Sherwin-Williams will upgrade their point-of-sales systems to Linux ... 'Sherwin-Williams Co., the No. 1 U.S. paint maker, plans to convert its computers and cash registers in more than 2,500 stores to the upstart operating system in the next year and has hired International Business Machines Corp.'s services division to do the job.'"

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1st post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 14:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

i ownz
Re:For our young geeks... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 14:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

anyone who doesn't know that is an idiot...
Re:Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 14:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dear Sir:
If I ever meet you, I will PAINT YOUR WAGON!!!
Best Regards,
Tony
LInux just for us by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I saw the headline, and I shot my manly jiz in my hand. Linux is so cool, I can't wait to suck some cocks. The best thing is linux is just for homosexuals, we finally have a place just for us, outside of the closet.

P.S. Meet me a the linux section at your local computer store for hot gay linux action!
Re:Not Exactly A Win For Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

staroffice is fucking garbage. stop trolling.
Re:I love linux as much as next guy, but... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!!

(sorry)
Re:Not Exactly A Win For Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

what drugs are you on you stupid fucking troll. the orig poster (to which I was replying to) said convert all of my files to POT to I can use them on linux.
WOW by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Thanks so much for the information, Captain Obvious!!! Now we know! (And knowing is half the battle)
Re:For our young geeks... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I know exactly how you feel! I come close to tears every time I see a little kid and think "He'll never know that KFC was once Kentucky Fried Chicken"
hurry by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

better ask the zEaLUtz about this first!!! give ol AL COCKS and LINUS TOREBALLS a shout about this!!@!@ u dumbfucks!!!!

TRoLL.
Re:For our young geeks... by red5 · 2002-05-23 15:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Uhhm as one of the "wuper snappers" (19). I'll have you know that I knew that already.

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Re:For our young geeks... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That was the whole point of the switch to KFC though. KFC doesn't want the little kid to know that it is fried chicken. Fried chicken doesn't sound good to all those health freaks out there, but KFC doesn't tell anything about the place.
Re:However as part of the agreement with IBM.... by rjamestaylor · 2002-05-23 15:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Karma whore? I thought it was funny, too. But not a karma whore.

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Re:Not Exactly A Win For Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

goatsex!
Re:For our young geeks... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"wuper"? ya punks can't even spell it right! youre no better than that no good bum taco!
Re:The conversation: by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-23 15:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mod that up!! Well done sir..
Not such a great victory... by dtjohnson · 2002-05-24 04:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Don't sell your MS stock yet. OS/2 has been running ATM machines for the last 10 years and look where it's at. Running the cash registers in 2500 paint stores is not going to give anyone at Microsoft a sleepless night.