[TriLUG] Linux at Lowes

[Jason Browne]

Lowes has been running Linux for at least 3-4 years now...I had the luxury of
going on a tour of their IT facility in Wilkesboro while in college.  Lowes is
quite smart with their IT...they have a simulation of every register their
stores there in Wilkesboro so they don't have to go onsite unless it is
absolutely necessary, and what better way to do that than Linux :-)

-Jason



Troy Reeves said:
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> Lowes does use a distro of linux it is called lowes linux
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> Troy
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> Mike Mueller linux-support at earthlink.net
> Sun Nov 30 10:51:14 EST 2003
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> Yesterday at Lowes I was ordering carpet.  The machine used by the customer
> service rep. have a distinctly non-windows look to it.  Closer inspection
> revealed an "X" window system.  Even closer inspection of the order entry
> screen on an application called Genesis revealed an permission error when
> attempting to write to /usr/local/log/blah.log.  I asked if the system was
> new - it was.  It was running on an IBM branded platform.  I asked if the
> system was better or worse than what was used prior to the change - about
> the
> same was the answer, the user interface was superior.
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> Could Lowes be using Linux at the PoS?  Seems possible.  Anybody on the list
> know for sure?
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