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Inside Wal-Mart IT
prostoalex writes "Information Week magazine takes a look at Wal-Mart's IT infrastructure. Wal-Mart's yearly global sales are quoted at more than 250 billion dollars, their IT spending is less than 1% of that. At the same time, the company manages to pursue new venues in optimizing retail with the wonders of technology. And what about outsourcing IT for the sake of optimization? 'We'd be nuts to outsource,' a top IT executive at Wal-Mart replies."
Shop smart, shop S-Mart
"We'd be nuts to outsource..." ... "because we already have all the cheap illegal immigrant labor we need right here"
In case you haven't heard, Wal-Mart is evil
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"That said, it is a boring stable environment that you probably couldn't ever get fired from; guess that appeals to some."
Yes! I find not getting fired very appealing.
wonder if walmart has looked into opensource options?
Largest retailer on the planet? I'm thinking that somebody might have mentioned it to them...
From their business model its clear they value how much things cost...
And doesn't *not* choosing open source say something?
I don't respond to AC's.
Well, that could be a good thing, but given the appearance of the average wal-mart employee, and the average male:female ratio in the industry, I can see how it would be a turnoff for anyone other than a homosexual chubby chaser.
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I've read that there are giant glass worms on mars. Guess what? Reading bullshit doesn't make it any less bullshit.
I was hoping this would be "Inside Wal-Mark 'it' girls", a follow-on to the successful "Girls of Wal-Mart".
This suggests all kinds of opportunities for mayhem:
(1) At "bedtime", go into the bathroom and make it sound like you're giving birth to triplets. Flush the toilet like 10 times. When "finished", put some kind of horriffic ass-stink in the bathroom -- like they used to sell at gag stores. Walk out of the bathroom as if nothing happened.
(2) Figure a way to wake up before your roomie. Have/fake a massive hard-on beneath the sheet, and when you see rommie stir, say "Morning, $roomie" making sure they see you're sporting wood. Take this further by pretending to fanatically jack off as they get up. If/when they make a nosie, pretend you were sleeping (most Slashdotters should remember how this works from home/dorms).
(3) Always come out of the shower stark naked. Don't get dressed right away. Hem and haw about it. A further option is to point to inner thigh or ass crack and ask about "bump" or "sore". Other questions -- "How's your daughter doing?" "I saw your wife the other day." "Do you think I'm fat?" Bonus points for erection.
(4) Try to plant sick porn (anything harder than Hustler) in traveling companion's luggage. "Honey, can you unpack my suitcase?" Bonus for gay/fetish porn.
Building on clay is fine, as long as you have good drainage and ventilation between the house and the ground.
It's building on *sand* that proverbially leads to danger.
Perhaps you were thinking of "feet of clay", which is a metaphor about virtue, not prudence.
...it will be... blissssssssss...
core competency: +14%
supply chain management: +15%
primary differentiator +12%
competent IT department: +35%
Try to work in "leverage," "enterprise class" and
"java" next time, ok?
Sounds like a 2600 magazine article.
Furthermore, I've read that if you took all the fish that are sold at Walmart and used them to fill Yankee Stadium, Steinbrenner would be really pissed.
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