Riddle me this...

Why is K-Sears looking for a Java Architect for their "down town" location and mentions everything but IDS?
All open source btw.

Very interesting.


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In article , Ian Michael
Gumby says...
>
>
>Why is K-Sears looking for a Java Architect for their "down town" location =
>and mentions everything but IDS?
>All open source btw.
>
>Very interesting.

besides demonstrating yet again that you are a moron, what
other point you are trying to make by this post.

On Jul 3, 4:40 pm, dcrunch...@aim.com wrote:
> In article , Ian Michael
> Gumby says...
>
>
>
> >Why is K-Sears looking for a Java Architect for their "down town" location =
> >and mentions everything but IDS?
> >All open source btw.
>
> >Very interesting.
>
> besides demonstrating yet again that you are a moron, what
> other point you are trying to make by this post.

Well if you knew K-Sears and the players in power, what I said would
have meaning.
To those who read this and know K-Sears, it sends a very important
message.

To those like you who lack comprehension, it shows your own stupidity.

Ian Michael Gumby wrote:
> Why is K-Sears looking for a Java Architect for their "down town"
> location and mentions everything but IDS?

Because IDS requires so very little hand's on expertise that special
skills aren't needed?

In article ,
Ian Michael Gumby says...

>Well if you knew K-Sears and the players in power, what I said would
>have meaning.
>To those who read this and know K-Sears, it sends a very important
>message.
>
>To those like you who lack comprehension, it shows your own stupidity.

Don't think too much of yourself.

Everyone knows that Kmart and Sears are big time Informix customers.
So what if IDS is not mentioned. Does it mention RDBMS skills. Why don't
u paste it instead of posting idiotic pop quiz.

On Jul 3, 6:29 pm, Madison Pruet wrote:
> Ian Michael Gumby wrote:
> > Why is K-Sears looking for a Java Architect for their "down town"
> > location and mentions everything but IDS?
>
> Because IDS requires so very little hand's on expertise that special
> skills aren't needed?

Naw. That's not it.
Remember they are an old, long time Informix account. Jeff B. was
their original sales rep when they were still in the Sears Tower and
PT's tower 4 was corporate rentals split between Anderson and Sears.
That's going way back to '89. ;-)

You have to look at K-Sear's new management and the last couple of
years of history. IGS losing the contract, CSC winning the contract
and then losing it...

Add to this some execs who came from Monkey Wards... Its a very
interesting mix.

On Jul 3, 7:27 pm, dcrunch...@aim.com wrote:
> In article ,
> Ian Michael Gumby says...
>
> >Well if you knew K-Sears and the players in power, what I said would
> >have meaning.
> >To those who read this and know K-Sears, it sends a very important
> >message.
>
> >To those like you who lack comprehension, it shows your own stupidity.
>
> Don't think too much of yourself.
>
I don't. I just think less of you for shooting your mouth off and not
knowing what's up.

> Everyone knows that Kmart and Sears are big time Informix customers.
> So what if IDS is not mentioned. Does it mention RDBMS skills. Why don't
> u paste it instead of posting idiotic pop quiz.

It did. It mentioned MySQL. Essentially they wanted a LAMP stack
expertise.

What is interesting is that they want LAMP and that this is for a
downtown position.

Again if you knew Sears and K-Mart now K-Sears, you'd understand what
I'm talking about.
As to the relevancy of the job post, I'm not sure how IDS plays in to
this. This is why I said that it was interesting.

So K-Sears, as a major retailer, has multiple RDBMS?

In Europe this would be pretty normal. It allows a level of
negotiation between suppliers.

is it not the same in North America?

It is the same in North America.


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So K-Sears, as a major retailer, has multiple RDBMS?

In Europe this would be pretty normal. It allows a level of
negotiation between suppliers.

is it not the same in North America?
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On Jul 4, 4:57 pm, scottishpoet wrote:
> So K-Sears, as a major retailer, has multiple RDBMS?
>
> In Europe this would be pretty normal. It allows a level of
> negotiation between suppliers.
>
> is it not the same in North America?

Not exactly.

You have your store's POS, your warehouse/distribution centers
inventory control ..., and then you have your financial/ERP system.
There are some other areas too. "Parts by Phone/Web", Online store
orders, bridal registry, specialty stores like Sears Auto, etc ...

Now your store systems could be on Informix. Your warehouse could be
using EXE which uses Informix. Your financials could be on Oracle /
Informix / DB2.
You could also have a Teradata system as a DW. And then there's the
mainframe handling your overall transaction systems being fed from
individual stores. Some retail chains have used a technique of batch
processing credit card transactions, especially if they're using a
store brand credit card. So your transaction is approved and then
processed later that night.

So yes, you have multiple databases. Again, you have to understand
where LAMP could/would fit and where IDS fits, and then the "players"
and history.
Your major number of licenses will be in the store systems.

What is interesting is that Sears moved from the loop and downtown out
to Hoffman Estates, many, many moons ago. K-Mart moved from Detroit to
Hoffman Estates. So why now is Sears doing something downtown? (That's
interesting in and of itself.)

Second, you don't use LAMP in building/maintaining a warehouse
distribution system. You don't use LAMP on your core financial system
either.

But hey! What do I know? I just saw the help wanted ad, and started to
ask questions. Its not like I know anything about retail systems or
about K-Mart or Sear's histories with IBM and Informix.... Nah. I know
nothing. ;-)

-G