[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Growing numbers of retailers are scoping out Java-based
point-of-sale (POS) systems as one option to replace their aging
cash registers.“Several retailers that are either deploying or piloting Java
POS systems said they like the fact that the software can run on
any hardware or operating system and also noted that they’re
finding the code easy to modify as their needs expand. Some also
reported decreases in implementation and support costs, depending
on the additional systems choices they have made.“‘We want something that won’t lock us into any particular
platform and will give us the flexibility to deploy it in whatever
way we’d like in the future,’ said Mike Prince, CIO at Burlington
Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. in Burlington, N.J. Prince said his
company has committed to a Java POS system on Linux and is rolling
out the Linux operating system but has postponed the Java POS
portion because of competing projects…”