THIBODAUX, La. -- Rouse's Supermarkets here is close to completing a year-old deployment of a Linux-based point-of-sale system for 200 checkout lanes at its 15 stores, just the second such ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. is replacing the point-of-sale system in all of its stores with an unorthodox Linux-based platform that is the "the lowest-cost POS solution available," according ...

Thirty years ago, Burlington Coat Factory was just another small, off-price clothing retailer ringing up purchases with old-fashioned cash registers. By last year, sales had reached $2.4 billion at ...

Embedded Linux is moving into the point-of-sale (POS) market with BlueCat Linux POS. Based on the 2.6 Linux kernel, this version of Linux includes support for JavaPOS, Web server, and development and ...

Retailer Ritz Camera Centers is deploying Linux at stores across the country, joining a burgeoning list of retailers that have opted to run their in-store point-of-sale (POS) applications on the ...

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Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...