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Major Retailer Chooses Linux for its Tills

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is running an article on how Matalan has installed several thousand point of sale terminals running Linux rather than Windows. The reason? Reduced cost of ownership. It was a big consultancy that did the work, Capgemini, and IBM on the kit side. Sounds like some people can get Linux to work in an 'enterprise environment' after all."

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  1. Re:the tide, led by POS points by xpeeblix · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I cringe when I see POS machines just running a terminal within Windows

    Well of course it's gonna be a Piece Of Shit if it's running Windoze, don't you se....eh, what? Point of sale? Oh. Shit. Sorry.

  2. Re:Work.. by ABeowulfCluster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No way! There's no way a cashier posts on slashdot.