Yep. I haven't looked lately, but it at least used to be the case that your pimple-faced Best Buy sales kid had to log onto CICS to do an inventory check! I LOLed the first time I saw them do that.
Costco, OTOH, uses what looks to me to be IBM i (System i, iSeries, AS/400) for their inventory control. Green-screen but I don't *think* it's CICS; I could be wrong, they won't let me play :( And of course CICS could be behind THAT. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Christian Birr < [email protected]> wrote: > Well spoken, > Christian > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] > Im Auftrag von Leonard.John.J > Gesendet: Freitag, 28. März 2014 13:43 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Another Article On Lagging Mainframe Skills > > For Scott > > Everyday most people in Europe and the U.S. interact with a mainframe > system typically running CICS. It works so well most people don't realize > that on the back end is a mainframe. I understand this probably comes as > shock to someone with your vast experience of 4 solid years. While I > enjoy telling you this I am quite sure it won't penetrate your narrow mind, > Don't bother to reply because a discussion with you is not worth my time .. > > John J. Leonard > Application Developer SOA Team > Westfield Group > One Park Circle P.O. Box 5001 > Westfield Center Ohio 44251-5001 > Office (330) 887-8249 > Toll Free 1-(800) 243-0210 ext 4308249 > Email [email protected] > Extension 430-8249 > > > > > > > Westfield Group: Sharing Knowledge. Building Trust(R). > > > > ********************************************************************** > This electronic message contains information from a member company of > Westfield Group which is privileged, confidential or otherwise the > exclusive property of the intended recipient or of Westfield. This > information is for the use of the intended recipient only. If you are not > the designated recipient, any publication, distribution or copying of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic > transmission in error, please notify us at 1.800.243.0210 or by replying > to the sender, then promptly destroy the original message. > ********************************************************************** > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
