Hi, Our company can contribute around 2000 but that raises several fiscal/accounting question. What type of transaction will this be? will it be a standard sale with an invoice ? Also, as someone else asked elsewhere[1], will our contribution be subject to VAT ? Last question, can contributions be made without paypal? [1] http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2013/10/crowdfunding-and-vat/
Lionel, for Numérigraphe > Hello Everyone, > > I'm the maintainer of the POS at OpenERP and > I would like to discuss with you the future of the POS module, explain > what > is our point of view, our priorities, but also gather feedback from you, > and > have a nice discussion on this subject :) > > First, as many of you have noticed, we have launched a campaign on > Indiegogo to fund a cleanup & evolution of the hardware part of the POS, > and I invite you to check it out: > > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/opensource-your-shop > > > As this campaign is already successful we'd like to extend the goals, > we'll > start with electronic scales, but maybe there are other priorities ? But > first > Id'like to explain the goal of this campaign in more details: > > > Our point of view on the hardware: > ============================ > > There are two side on the hardware: The platform (where the POS Client > runs) > and the peripherals. > > For the platform we are seeing a big shift in demand from the > PC/Industrial > touchscreens to tablets (iPad,Android), and making sure the POS runs > perfectly > on those platforms is our first priority. > > And for us platform support means: > - having the POS working on the platform's web browser with peripheral > support > - having at least a receipt printer and barcode scanner working out of the > box > - having the same level of peripheral support on all platforms > - having the same peripherals work on all platforms, so we can build a > small list > of perfectly supported hardware. (no usb for pc / bluetooth for > tablets) > - having the same 'driver' repository and install system for all platforms > (no custom > iPad app, with custom iPad drivers) > - having it all work very simply, with only trivial levels of > configuration > needed. > - everything must be open source > - providing ways for the community and partners to easily extend the > system > and add support for their own devices > > By these standards, the current proxy system doesn't even support a single > platform. > > It's to solve all these issues that we came up with the PosBox concept. > With the > posbox, all the drivers are OpenERP python modules that run on a linux > platform > embedded in a raspberry-pi. The POS then connects itself to the PosBox to > control the peripherals. > > This has the following advantages : > - The same system, with the same peripherals works whatever the platform > the POS > is run on. > - It re-uses much of the proxy system we had in place before, it is likely > that the > majority of the driver code can be ported to the PosBox with little > modification > - It makes use of OpenERP to manage the drivers delivery and installation, > something we're all familiar with. > - Even if it is hardware based, it can reduce the total cost of an > installation > - The configuration is much easier as the linux on the PosBox is already > configured > with the correct device access rights, etc. > - The raspberry-pi provides USB, but also HDMI and video-out for very > cheap > and > easy secondary displays. Non-USB peripherals can be connected via USB > adapters. > - If you run your POS on a full PC and don't want to use the posbox, you > can run a local > openerp install with the posbox module installed and I expect that most > drivers will work. > > So I think that the posbox is a very good base for the future of the POS > as > far as > peripheral support is concerned. There is also the possibility to use the > same system > for other modules than the POS altough I am less familiar with their > requirements. > > Electronic Scales, Secondary Displays & Other peripherals > ============================================== > With the campaign's current target we will provide receipt > printer(ESC/POS) > & barcode > scanner support in standard. But we want to extend that range in the > future; next target > is electronic scales, that we'll develop it as part of this campaign if it > reaches 30K. > > As for other peripherals I guess it depends on what the community is > interested in and > what it can contribute ? > > Electronic Payments Systems > ======================== > The problem with electronic payment system is that there is too much > country specific concerns > for us to handle and we're not sure that a generic implementation is of > any > use. > Has anyone experience implementing electronic payment systems or a working > implementation to contribute ? > > Software evolution > =============== > From our point of view, concerning software, the role of OpenERP S.A. is > to > make sure the POS is > stable, extensible, integrated with the rest of OpenERP and has the > generic > features that benefit mostly > everyone. Custom features that fit specific buisnesses needs are best made > by partners & community :) > > So our next big change, as part of the indiegogo campaign, is to make it > run on android & iOS, > and that should happen quite shortly. Our primary goal is to make it work > in the browser, but we'll probably > provide native apps, and maybe native apps for Windows/Linux/OSX as well, > to ease certification process, > > But there are other things on our radar, namely: > - customer management : fidelity cards / points / discounts / etc. this > seems to be one of the > most often requested features. This could be part of an extention of > this > indiegogo campaign, or maybe somebody > has already something that works ? > > - Bars & Restaurants: Table managment, Backend orders, etc. It seems like > a big project and we'd > like to concentrate on the shop part first, but I'd still like to hear > if > any of you has experience > on the subject, any development to contribute, etc. ? > > Community > ========= > > The POS Centralisation projects seems like a nice initiative, that I'll > follow with interest :) > > - Fred. > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > Post to : openerp-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community Post to : openerp-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
