RE: Cabela's -- MIDRANGE-L

Any indication if the software developer is an IBM business pudnah????

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill
Hopkins
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:23 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Cabela's

+1 "outsourcing contractor holds Cabela's captive to the way they want to
work"

Regards,
Bill Hopkins

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul
Nelson
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:04 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Cabela's

I've seen this before. It's a performance issue with the programming and
database management. Their web site is programmed and managed by an offshore
group, but Cabela's is still an IBM i shop.

I'm not surprised about your contract going nowhere, Jon. I spent 10 weeks
in lovely Sidney, Nebraska 3 years ago. The mission was to re-architect how
their different pieces of vendor and custom software was to be managed by
the Aldon software.

The programmers (90% H1-B contractors) couldn't (and wouldn't) wrap their
heads around how it could work, and kept asking for revisions to the dozens
of Powerpoint charts I had created instead of actually getting to work on
the project. I finally told the manager (an American) that "If your guys
don't understand by now, they never will. I'm going home."

The bottom line, sadly, is that the outsourcing contractor holds Cabela's
captive to the way they want to work.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon
Paris
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:35 AM
To: Midrange-L Midrange-l
Subject: Re: Cabela's

Site is working now Rob. - and as far as I know they are still on IBM i - we
had a tentative contact with them in the last year but nothing came of it.

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Oct 30, 2014, at 7:35 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Are they still running IBM i?
http://cabelas.com is rerouting me to http://maintenance.cabelas.com/

7:30am EDT on a Thursday morning in late October. Rut about to go
into full swing and firearms deer season only 2 weeks out...

Cabelas.com is temporarily down for updates. To place an order,
please call Cabela's Customer
Service at 1-800-237-4444. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Why am I seeing this page?

Cabelas.com is currently unavailable, due to routine system
maintenance.
Rest assured our team at Cabela's is working diligently to make
the site available soon.

How will I know when the site is available again?

Stay on this page. When cabelas.com is ready for you to shop
again, this page will disappear.

What can I do in the meantime?

Call Customer Service at 800-237-4444 to place your order or
answer any of your questions.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

Rob Berendt
--
IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

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