I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are on the timing of new versions of Aloha, Micros, etc with the EOL of XP. With Microsoft ending support in early 2014 many of the chains will have to move off of XP. The upgrade looks to be a nightmare from XP to 7. I think the POS software vendors will use this as an opportunity for new versions. Any thoughts?
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Microsoft dropping XP isn't going to force me to replace anything.
I am already working on a replacement Gold image with a different version of Windows for replacement and new machines, but upgrading when nothing is wrong, is not going to happen.
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I am already working on a replacement Gold image with a different version of Windows for replacement and new machines, but upgrading when nothing is wrong, is not going to happen.
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I would not worry either.
95/98/2000 (even wfw) is still being used today.
I think the more important thing to think about are getting
hardware parts for older equipment. eg ide drives,power supplies,memory.I think that will determine when its time to get a new computer.
95/98/2000 (even wfw) is still being used today.
I think the more important thing to think about are getting
hardware parts for older equipment. eg ide drives,power supplies,memory.I think that will determine when its time to get a new computer.
Will the new versions run exclusively on Windows 7?
Another thing to remember is that PCI compliancy requires the OS and POS software to be no more than 2 versions old. So once Windows 7 comes out, anything running on W2k will be out of compliancy and XP will have one foot in the grave.
Another thing to remember is that PCI compliancy requires the OS and POS software to be no more than 2 versions old. So once Windows 7 comes out, anything running on W2k will be out of compliancy and XP will have one foot in the grave.
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Aloha 6.4 is the current version release and 6.5 and 6.6 are in controlled deployment.
Aloha, unlike some other POS product is tied closely to the OS. This has been a blessing and a curse.
For example, unannounced changed in IE7 way back when effective Aloha EDC, and thus an Aloha system had to stay on IE6. That has since moved on.
Aloha communications is still based on Netbeui and Datagrams, which is considered a legacy network protocol.
Radiant hasn't said much about Windows 7 as of yet.
If history is any guide, it will be 2 years before we start seeing Aloha on Windows 7. There is the option to purchase the XP Compatability Add-On avilable for Windows 7 Business Premium users only, but that simply makes the OS Cost that much more.
Sellers tend to gravitate to the OS that works best with a particular POS Software. Remember, it wasn't until XP SP2 that many Radiant resellers started having any confidence and started using XP. Same thing with Windows 2003 Server.
The POS industry tends to not be early or immediate adopters of new OS's.
Aloha, unlike some other POS product is tied closely to the OS. This has been a blessing and a curse.
For example, unannounced changed in IE7 way back when effective Aloha EDC, and thus an Aloha system had to stay on IE6. That has since moved on.
Aloha communications is still based on Netbeui and Datagrams, which is considered a legacy network protocol.
Radiant hasn't said much about Windows 7 as of yet.
If history is any guide, it will be 2 years before we start seeing Aloha on Windows 7. There is the option to purchase the XP Compatability Add-On avilable for Windows 7 Business Premium users only, but that simply makes the OS Cost that much more.
Sellers tend to gravitate to the OS that works best with a particular POS Software. Remember, it wasn't until XP SP2 that many Radiant resellers started having any confidence and started using XP. Same thing with Windows 2003 Server.
The POS industry tends to not be early or immediate adopters of new OS's.
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