<s>
Smallfoot	B-Application
was	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
both	O
a	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
toolkit	O
and	O
an	O
embedded	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
designed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Caldera	O
Systems/Caldera	O
International/The	O
SCO	O
Group	O
in	O
both	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
customized	O
and	O
stripped	O
down	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
made	O
less	O
of	O
a	O
footprint	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
names	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
embedded	O
UNIX	O
and	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
embedded	O
Linux	B-Application
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smallfoot	B-Application
is	O
also	O
notable	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
key	O
Linux	B-Application
product	O
of	O
The	O
SCO	O
Group	O
,	O
developed	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
UNIX	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
SCO	O
and	O
Caldera	O
Systems/Caldera	O
International	O
after	O
its	O
purchase	O
of	O
SCO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
SCO	O
v	O
.	O
IBM	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
SCO	O
denied	O
distribution	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
code	O
,	O
however	O
SCO	B-Application
Smallfoot	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
both	O
2.4.10	O
and	O
2.6.1	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smallfoot	B-Application
was	O
first	O
proposed	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
(	O
whilst	O
trademarked	O
by	O
SCO	O
)	O
was	O
never	O
the	O
intended	O
product	O
's	O
final	O
name	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
was	O
a	O
working	O
name	O
that	O
stuck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
first	O
prototype	O
was	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
deal	O
was	O
signed	O
in	O
January	O
2003	O
for	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
to	O
work	O
on	O
Beetle	O
point-of-sale	O
terminals	O
from	O
Wincor	O
Nixdorf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
given	O
the	O
SCO	O
–	O
Linux	B-Application
disputes	O
that	O
were	O
underway	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
Toolkit	O
development	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
Unix-based	O
OS	O
in	O
May	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
formatting	O
of	O
the	O
toolkit	O
configuration	O
language	O
drew	O
heavily	O
on	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
included	O
extensive	O
configuration	O
of	O
many	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
JavaPOS	B-Application
library	O
,	O
newly	O
developed	O
drivers	O
for	O
Point-of-Sale	O
(	O
POS	O
)	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
POS	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
complete	O
POS	O
terminal	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
Toolkit	O
release	O
1.0	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
SCO	O
Forum	O
in	O
2004	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
,	O
where	O
breakout	O
sessions	O
entitled	O
"	O
Build	O
a	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
OS	O
Using	O
the	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
Toolkit	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
is	O
Not	O
Just	O
for	O
Retail	O
Anymore	O
"	O
were	O
held	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
Toolkit	O
product	O
went	O
onto	O
the	O
SCO	O
price	O
list	O
in	O
July	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimal	O
bundle	O
was	O
priced	O
at	O
approximately	O
$	O
35,000	O
and	O
included	O
the	O
Toolkit	O
,	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
license	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
machine	O
running	O
the	O
toolkit	O
,	O
500	O
deployment	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
licenses	O
for	O
the	O
generated	O
images	O
,	O
10	O
hours	O
of	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
an	O
outgrowth	O
of	O
Smallfoot	B-Application
found	O
a	O
customer	O
,	O
Budgens	O
supermarkets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budgens	O
,	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Musgrave	O
Group	O
,	O
were	O
looking	O
to	O
implement	O
Linux	B-Application
at	O
their	O
point	O
of	O
sale	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
became	O
an	O
early	O
success	O
story	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
stores	O
taking	O
a	O
chance	O
on	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
