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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (69396)	7/24/1999 10:42:00 PM
From: Eric Wells	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

>>Unless I hear of some real techno-celebrity >>going to Walmart with a team, I will assume >>that Walmart mgmt thinks they can build this >>up with their current staff and salary >>structure... imo a failure. I have no knowledge of Walmart's recruiting efforts in this area. But don't rule the possibility of Walmart contracting a web development firm to do the site work - in fact, if I were in Walmart management and I wanted to get a revamped e-commerce site up and running as soon as possibility, I would go to a web development firm (a good one) rather than trying to hire my own staff. After the site was built, I would hire people to manage it. -Eric

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (69396)	7/25/1999 2:15:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Why wouldn't Wal-Mart outsource the technical aspects of their web-site? There are a ton of companies standing by ready to provide this service. One obvious pick might be IBM. Alotta geeks there. :-). But OTOH, its not like WMT doesn't have computers--these are folks who have mastered the supply chain by data-warehouse mining. Wasn't it Amazon who hired former Wal-mart IT dept execs? If I were a betting man, I would bet that Wal-Mart does just fine with it's web site. It's been out there quite awhile, now WMT needs to do is bolster it up to work smarter (which they're doing), then start promoting it heavily.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (69396)	7/25/1999 3:12:00 AM
From: JOHN W.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Yeah Wallmart is doomed to failure, they think that a company should be profitable, GEEESH