WinPOS

[gonzo_for_civ]

Well, has anyone heard of WinPOS. I see retail stores use it all the time as the OS for their registers.

What does it stand for?

I have one good guess

 

[damunzy]

Windows Piece of Sh!t?

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

That was my guess but for some reason I don't think that's it

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Windows Point Of Sale, dummies!

I used to work at one of those POS cashiering machines like maybe a decade ago during my school holidays. Can't remember what OS then but machine's fr Siemens Nixdoft or something.

 

[BlueMonday]

I always used to laugh when my manager asked me to work the POS. If you ask me, it's a POSPOS, a piece of sh!t point of sale.

 

[damunzy]

Actually it is Windows XP Embeded...they must have just changed the name....bad move!

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

I like POS!!! POS is a real POS. I wonder if they knew what POS stands for when they created/named it.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by gonzo_for_civ
I like POS!!! POS is a real POS. I wonder if they knew what POS stands for when they created/named it.

Sure they do. POS is a standard term in retailese. I'm sure MS did their homework a bit before coming up with names, esp for corp products.

Still some of their product names suck....