Linux growing fast in POS, Microsoft still tops
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| In the North American market for POS (point of sales/service) terminals,
| Linux grew 32 percent year-over-year, according to figures released by IHL
| Group. The research firm reckons Linux accounted for $475 million of the
| $5.56 billion market, putting it third overall with an 8.5 percent market
| share.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8365122751.html
These studies are almost as useless as ones that gauge server success based on
revenue alone. Linux is a free (as in beer) operating system. If Microsoft
*charges* 10 times more, then it's claimed to be ten times greater.
/Installed base/ taken into account, this much be far greater than this 8.5
percent market for GNU/Linux.
Recent:
Innova Card: Linux powered PCI-PED certified single-chip POS
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| Innova Card announces that Card Access Services has obtained PCI-PED approval
| for its USIP based CASPAD C200 EFTPOS running Linux operating system.
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http://www.embedded-control-europe.com/prodnews?cat=1&pid=1342
Related:
Gemalto First Company to Receive EMV and American Express Certifications for
its Linux-Based Payment Terminals in Italy
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| is platform, which incorporates the MagIC Open&Sec technology running on
| Linux, is aimed at securing the open world with unrivalled power and
| connectivity–MagIC³ is powered by two 32-bit microprocessors and features
| Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. In addition, its Ethernet connection
| propels it into the Internet world.
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http://www.smartcardalliance.org/articles/2007/10/03/gemalto-first-company-to-receive-emv-and-american-express-certifications-for-its-linux-trade-based-payment-terminals-in-italy
http://tinyurl.com/39mczy
Point-of-sale device runs Linux from flash
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| One of the first POS (point-of-sale) equipment vendors to adopt Linux
| will now become one of the first to offer solid-state storage. Wincor
| Nixdorf's new X-Series, due in January, will be offered with an
| Msystems mModule uDOC embedded flash disk.
|
| A 30 year veteran of the retail equipment market, Wincor Nixdorf
| began offering POS devices based on Red Hat Linux in the year 2000.
| The company's Linux-based "Beetle" POS device (early versions pictured
| above and at left) soon attracted some high-volume customers, including
| Home Depot and the Papa John's pizza chain.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5026396273.html
Wireless POS (Point of Sale) For Linux
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| Research has shown that the number of POS (point of sale) terminals
| running Linux in North America has increased 80% since 2002. For
| hospitality providers, there?s good reason to go with Linux.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=204
McDonald's pilots Linux-based electronic signage
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| Fast-food chain McDonald's is reportedly piloting Linux-based
| electronic signage at a location in Chicago. The Golden Arches at Archer
| Rutherford is using content-managed digital signage for menu-board
| promotion, dining- and play-room adver-tainment, and customer
| information collection, according to an article at SelfService.org.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7373469582.html
Nando's goes Open Source
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| Nandos has 230 restaurants nationwide and each restaurant is required
| to forward detailed information from their Point of Sale (PoS) system
| directly to head office on a daily basis...
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http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/11605.html
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| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
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http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
PCs being pushed aside in Japan
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| The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly
| on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act
| like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles,
| digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_pcs
Linux to grow 278% in embedded/mobile/real-time apps
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| Linux use in "next" embedded, mobile, and real-time projects will grow 278
| percent over that in "previous" projects, suggests a recent survey by Venture
| Development Corp. (VDC).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7115758310.html
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