RP retailer goes for Linux-based system
Francisco Sarmiento III
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 19:23:00 04/16/2009
MANILA, Philippines – Local retailer Puregold is deploying a
Linux-based point-of-sale or POS system, as it looks to cutting down
costs on security while expanding its network of stores.
Puregold has ordered more than 2,000 licenses of TPLinux software,
according to Paderborn, Germany-based Wincor Nixdorf, which sells
niche solutions for banks and retail firms.
These licenses will cover Puregold’s network of 36 hypermarket stores
in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces, the German firm said.
Puregold is the first Philippine-based firm to use the German firm’s
open source-based software, according to the German company.
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