ProffittCenterProffittCenterDave Proffitt supplies the ProffittCenter program entirely free of charge.
Dave worked as an electronics engineer, designing digital systems for
most of his working life, but was never much of a programmer.
Dave started in retailing in 1987 and ran a convenience store until
2001, when he retired. During that time, he naturally started thinking
about how computers could be used to tackle some of the tasks needed to
run a successful business. He tried to write a program to implement his
ideas but did not make much progress. Then, in 1998, he bought a program
to run on his newly acquired personal computer. This program lacked many
of the features he wanted, but was tolerable. Then in the year 1999, his
computer failed, and the program supplier demanded an annual fee before
allowing it to be installed on a new computer. By then, the annual fee
was almost as much as the original program cost. At that stage, Dave had
developed a rudimentary EPOS program that embodied some of the features
he was looking for. There was still some work to do to make the program
useable, but after a week's intensive effort, the program went live.
This original Solo version was developed over the next ten years to
feature all of the ideas in Dave's original plan, eventually getting
over 1000 users throughout the world. This program has now been
superseded by the enhanced Pro version, using more up to date
technology. With more time available since retiring, the program has
become a world-beating system.
He has always supplied the program free of charge together with prompt support, and intends to maintain this situation for as long as he is able.
