[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Robert Brooke Gravitt wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:43 AM, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
>
>> How many small
>> (or large) retail stores use Linux point-of-sale software?
>
> Actually, a whole lot. Many of the large (and many small NON-mom&pop ) stores'
> POS systems, are, in fact, Linux driven. As someone who worked in the software
> development side of that industry for the better part of the last 7 years,
> you'd be surprised how much SUSE&  RHEL have become integral to both the
> infrastructure and customer-facing POS systems. Do the end-users or customers
> know they are looking at a Linux system? No. It's generally very well hidden,
> much like Delta's in-flight entertainment system. Except when it goes down,
> and you get to see Tux as it reboots :)

Also, if we're talking non-Windows, IBM never stopped selling 4690/OS 
POS systems, did they?

Peace...  Sridhar