[KLUG Members] Burlington Coat Factory

[Adam Williams]

>Retailer picks Linux for point-of-sale

Actually this is pretty old, Burl has been using Linux for a long time.

>Case study: Burlington Coat Factory is a pioneer among large retailers
>that are turning to Linux-powered point-of-sale systems for security,
>stability, and cost savings. The Burlington, N.J.-based retail chain
>upgraded to Wincor Nixdorf's Linux-based BEETLE/S POS system, running
>under Red Hat Linux 7.1. Why Linux? 

Other than because it rocks?

>CIO Mike Prince found Linux to be
>faster and less expensive than dedicated POS systems, yet more stable
>and secure than Windows-based options. Has your company migrated
>mission-critical applications to Linux? 

Yes.  And we have developed some there "natively" as well.

Maybe we should get someone from Burl to come and present.....