Maybe Exponent(where I work) could do another spinoff of LandWarrior, and
create a mobile computer unit for ShopWarrior. It seems to have some of the
same basic components, except maybe for the weaponry...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Holbert [mailto:mark@linuxsoftware.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Linux gig
> 
> 
> I wonder how much that would cost per cart.  The reason I say 
> that is, what
> about all the carts that are left in the parking lot, or 
> better yet, hit by
> cars or "walk away" completely?  I would think that it would 
> be tough to
> create electronics that could take 116 degrees in Phoenix and 
> -40 degrees in
> Minnesota, or a couple of bumps in the parking lot.  Maybe 
> the answer would
> be that you are not allowed to take the cart into the parking 
> lot at all,
> but how else am I going to get all that "stuff" that I just 
> bought out to my
> car?  Maybe we go back to the time where someone actually 
> walked out the the
> car with you and helped you load your car.  Wouldn't that be nice!
> 
> It's a great idea, and I love the fact that they want to use 
> Linux, but it
> might be hard sell.
> 
> Mark Holbert
> mark@linuxsoftware.org
> 
> --------------
> >moin, moin,
> >
> >There's a project to convert m$ wince app to Linux. It is 
> financed by an
> unnamed retail company of some sort and they needed coders to make it
> happen.
> >
> >They want to install small portable computers on shopping carts. Each
> computer will show position of the cart in the shop, keep 
> calculating the
> bills and run ads. It >is currently working with wince, but 
> they'd prefer
> Linux.
> >
> >All computers will have wireless connection to the main 
> server which has
> the data base and stores information about ads, etc.
> >
> >Rough estimate - 500 man-hours of work.
> >
> >For further info contact Sergey Nikitin, Sergey@m-and-s.com.
> >
> >PS A couple of years ago Sergey ported the JDK to Linux by 
> himself and the
> Blackdown Project needed to catch up to his work :).
> >
> >ciao,
> >
> >der.hans
> >--
> >#  der.hans@LuftHans.com   home.pages.de/~lufthans/   www.Opnix.com
> >#  Science is magic explained. - der.hans
> 
> 
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