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To: alydar who wrote (61911)	10/22/2001 10:32:28 AM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 74651

re: Thin clients... Microsoft Announces Key New Windows XP Embedded Technologies For Retail Point of Sale IBM, NCR, Fujitsu, Wincor Nixdorf and Retalix Among Leading Retail Solution Providers To Integrate Windows XP Embedded Platform Into State-of-the-Art Point-of-Sale Systems DALLAS, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the Foodservice Technology Exposition (FS/TEC), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) announced that the advent of Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded marks the first time that key technologies required by the new generation of retail point-of-sale (POS) solutions have been incorporated into a single, complete embedded offering. (Photo: NewsCom: newscom.com ) ``Microsoft is 100 percent committed to the retail industry,'' said Ralph Young, vice president of the Enterprise Sales and Industry Group at Microsoft. ``The retail industry urgently needs advanced operating system capabilities to accommodate the evolving challenges of customer interaction, store automation and multichannel commerce. Windows XP Embedded enables retailers to migrate to new technologies that will help them recognize direct business benefit and gain an advantage in today's hyper-competitive market.'' Windows XP Embedded will provide retailers with one of the most reliable, flexible and customizable point-of-sale solutions on the market, while allowing for full integration with legacy systems and existing hardware. Key to using Windows XP Embedded for retail point of sale devices is its separation of the Windows XP operating system into components from which retailers can pick and choose according to their individual business needs, lowering the total cost of ownership and creating the smallest possible footprint for their POS systems. biz.yahoo.com