IBM Amends POS Focus, Opens Its Cash Registers to Version of Windows | Linux Today

IBM Amends POS Focus, Opens Its Cash Registers to Version of Windows

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2008

“IBM said Tuesday that it has started installing a rapidly
growing retail version of Windows in its computerized point-of-sale
(POS) terminals and other devices it markets for use in retail
stores and restaurants.

“IBM plans to offer Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Embedded for Point
of Service (WEPOS) software in its market-leading SurePOS machines,
as well as its self-service checkout systems and the interactive
AnyPlace Kiosk product line, which was introduced last fall…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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