[ic] Point of Sale

[smartin]

Frank Reitzenstein wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have any pointers regarding open source point of sale software?
>
> I have a real gripe with expensive software at the moment. I lost a hard drive, and xp setup couldn't read the data - or more to the point told me that access was denied. When the disk was mounted under windows the directory listing was like:
> ...
> .cpan
>
> Finally using the ntfs kernel and linux I retrieved almost everything.
>
> Deeeeeeeeeeehr.
>
> Next I needed to design a cover for my next book, and after trying every adobe product in frustration I now do a great job exporting openoffice layout to pdf with millimetre accuracy.
>
> I just met a potential customer but he is having trouble getting point of sale set up for a reasonable price (he's a programmer too with a Health Food Store).
>
> I don't really want to learn php or java at this stage, because I am DOING ecommerce at the moment rather than inventing the wheel again and again.
>
> Is there any open source software which will cover a merchant's needs for point of sale using the skills required to run  a server and Interchange (ie perl and unix or dos and mysql) ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank Reitzenstein.
>
>   
have you looked at sql-ledger?