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Linux At the Point of Sale

Posted by kdawson on from the pos-that-refreshes dept.

NegativeK writes "I work at a local comic and games shop, and I've been kicking around what it would take to implement a barcode scanner and more detailed inventory control. Currently, the setup is a low-tech register that tracks general areas of sales: new comics, ccgs, Games Workshop, rpgs, etc. Requirements include FOSS on Linux, the ability to use a cheap scanner, datamining, and output in a useful format (perhaps OpenOffice spreadsheet). The idea hasn't been pitched to the shop owner yet, so ease of use is probably more important than anything — but breaking out the programming books to work on parts isn't out of the question for me. Assuming the actual register stays, what resources are out there for a barcode/inventory implementation?"

14 of 264 comments (clear)

  1. Jeff Albertson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that you?

    1. Re:Jeff Albertson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Linux is, always has been, and most likely always will be, a POS.

  2. Your boss has responded by awkScooby · · Score: 4, Funny

    No you may not

  3. Job by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I work at a local comic and games shop,

    Wow, didn't see that coming from a /. reader ;)

  4. I guess that settles it by noamsml · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux's critics will call it a POS operating system.

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  5. CueCat! by erroneus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got a bunch of old CueCats! Want any? They haven't been modified... yet.

    1. Re:CueCat! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      s/hand/cock/

  6. Re:Book on this topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    John Locke? I'm Lost...

  7. Re:Book on this topic by spintriae · · Score: 1, Funny

    John Locke was a great philosopher, but let's leave technology to our contemporaries, shall we?

  8. Re:iBookshelf would work by LingNoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Freshmeat - off the table raw
    Sourceforge - put into cold storage

  9. Re:iBookshelf would work by budgenator · · Score: 2, Funny
    Try searching freshmeat before asking questions about software.

    iBookshelf - Default branch
    Added: Sat, Mar 12th 2005 12:39 PDT (2 years, 11 months ago)
    Updated: Fri, Apr 8th 2005 00:58 PDT (2 years, 10 months ago)
    Development Status] 2 - Pre-Alpha

    Doahh!
    Try looking at your own links, beside for a comic shop, the software would have to be a chimera of an investment portfolio program, a POS program and a FDA 501K level inventory program in other words it don;t exists. I've been looking for an FDA 501K level inventory program for quite a while now it needs to keep track of
    ordering, items received by quantity, lot numbers and expiration dates and keeps track of preferred, generic, depreciated and obsolete items and what went into which product and was assembeled by who and when
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  10. Re:Book on this topic by OnslaughtQ · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what really surprises me is that someone referenced The Tick, specifically the cartoon version, to emphasize reading...

  11. RiversPOS by MichaelSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me guess: written entirely in Bendigo by the kid who packs shoeboxes and fixes the air conditioner.

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  12. Re:Book on this topic by Lehk228 · · Score: 4, Funny

    and here i thought microsoft had a monopoly on POS operating systems

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