update

Finally talked with her today, she'd left early yesterday for "Fat Tuesday". Lots of folks from Louisianna end up in Houston so Mardi Gras is a big event here. Hmm, surprised I've not seen a [link|http://www.gambinosbakery.com/kingcakehistory.html|King Cake] at work yet. If you haven't had one - eat it carefully else you might swallow the baby :-)

We're going to meet up at their main store towards the end of next week so I can see what they do. Kevin(the guy I work with) said he didn't see any barcodes on the items they sell, so scanners may not be needed.

I've looked over Vigilant's (pretty crappy) site and the software looks promising. I've submitted an info-request so I'll have something to show her next week.

As far as Each store needs a Linux server, but workstations can be Windows, OS/2 or Linux. - They have nothing now, thus no legacy Windows apps to support. Any reason not to have the same computer as server & client at the stores? How much horsepower/memory would that need - would 500MHz/256MB be more than adequate?

One new thing came up - time clock. I saw something about an optional "Canadian Payroll" but nothing else.

Mucho thanx for the help so far :-)

Post #85,827 by SpiceWare 3/5/03 4:21:45 PM Reply	update Finally talked with her today, she'd left early yesterday for "Fat Tuesday". Lots of folks from Louisianna end up in Houston so Mardi Gras is a big event here. Hmm, surprised I've not seen a [link\|http://www.gambinosbakery.com/kingcakehistory.html\|King Cake] at work yet. If you haven't had one - eat it carefully else you might swallow the baby :-) We're going to meet up at their main store towards the end of next week so I can see what they do. Kevin(the guy I work with) said he didn't see any barcodes on the items they sell, so scanners may not be needed. I've looked over Vigilant's (pretty crappy) site and the software looks promising. I've submitted an info-request so I'll have something to show her next week. As far as Each store needs a Linux server, but workstations can be Windows, OS/2 or Linux. - They have nothing now, thus no legacy Windows apps to support. Any reason not to have the same computer as server & client at the stores? How much horsepower/memory would that need - would 500MHz/256MB be more than adequate? One new thing came up - time clock. I saw something about an optional "Canadian Payroll" but nothing else. Mucho thanx for the help so far :-) Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #85,916 by Andrew Grygus 3/5/03 10:49:00 PM Reply	Re: update Yes, whoever's doing the Vigilant site must be a relative or something. You should be able to use the local server as the point of sale workstation as well. 500-MHz and 256-Megs certainly ought to be more than adequate for the Linux version. Vigilant has only Canadian payroll and has been in no hurry to implement U.S. payroll because there are so many programs available for that. I know of a Linux timeclock program if you need one. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #85,934 by SpiceWare 3/6/03 12:12:50 AM Reply	thanx I'll find out more about their time clock requirements when I talk with them next. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

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