Re: POS, Point Of Sale, that is.

Post #21,784 by a6l6e6x 12/17/01 11:06:25 PM Reply	Re: POS, Point Of Sale, that is. IBM POS systems (e.g. grocery store check out) have had local price data in a store "controller" for decades. The mainframe connection was seldom used. So you are a bit late with the idea. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #21,788 by ChrisR 12/17/01 11:17:33 PM Reply	Ah, your no fun... :-) It's hard to compete with the IBM's of the world on R&D or technical accomplishment. It's a bit easier to compete on the fronts of price and expertise for a particular customer. Means you need some serious exposure to retail systems, but there are a bunch of startups still reaching into this field - though it was a much more popular field when PC's first started appearing as I saw lots of garage operations trying to break into retail (a guy I worked with on a liquor store system POS comes to mind, as well as some video store stuff with my sister). Just because one of the big guys has done it, that may just indicate it is ripe for competition. Hell, that's how a lot of open source projects get started. :-)
Post #21,793 by tonytib 12/17/01 11:59:52 PM Reply	My feeling is that Norm should pick something that: -- uses technology of interest to potential employers -- he's (at least somewhat) interested in -- not be too ambitious (start by trying to solve a small problem, especially one you know something about, rather than trying to re-invent the world) -- that might have commercial possibilities, but don't worry too much about that -- that someone else might have done something similar --> but this doesn't matter because the primary reason is to develop some expertise yourself, and do it with your own twist Don't give up, but be realistic Tony

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