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# Note: Hapi was built by Walmart | ||
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![Hapi is Made by Walmart](http://i.imgur.com/bxYADdu.png) | ||
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Hapi was (_originally_) built by (_the fantastic team of people assembled by [@hueniverse](https://github.com/hueniverse)_) [@WalmartLabs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/@WalmartLabs) | ||
for Walmart. | ||
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[Walmart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart) is *by far* the most successful | ||
retailer in the world and they have achieved their success (*in part*) by | ||
investing heavily in their *technological competitive advantage*. | ||
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If you are not keen on Walmart for any of | ||
[these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart) reasons, | ||
at least *consider* the fact that they have open-sourced their full | ||
node stack to allow others to benefit from their hard work. | ||
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I took the time to read *extensively* about Walmart as part of my | ||
Retail course at University | ||
see: [History of Walmart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Walmart) | ||
and [In Sam We Trust](http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/sam-we-trust). | ||
The fact is that | ||
[Sam Walton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton) | ||
achieved *much* of his success through | ||
investing in *technology* | ||
(Barcodes, EPOS, Satellite Uplink for faster IT Systems and Logistics Tracking, etc) | ||
to drive cost savings and passed those savings on to the | ||
customers where other retailers got left behind with their paper-based | ||
"*it still works, why change?*" approach. | ||
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Since Sam's passing the Walmart leadership has compromised its ethics | ||
in favor of maximising profits. This documented in: | ||
[The High Cost Of Low Price](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Wal*Mart+-+The+High+Cost+Of+Low+Price) | ||
and [The Wal-Mart Effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wal-Mart_Effect) | ||
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While I think we can/should continue send a | ||
[*clear message*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_voting) | ||
to [Bentonville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#Corporate_affairs) | ||
by preferring to spend our $¥£€ at Local & Fairtrade retailers where ever possible, | ||
we can still *use* the ***best-in-class*** code the *fantastic engineers* | ||
have built (to meet their *vast* supply-chain and e-commerce needs and | ||
open-sourced) to craft our own software products/projects. | ||
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Using the transport analogy, I don't *like* using fossil fuels to get from A-to-B | ||
because of the CO2 emissions. But I'm *pragmatic* about how I travel | ||
the [thousand miles](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+from+London+to+Lisbon) | ||
to visit my family twice a year. I could do two weeks by horse-and-cart, | ||
two days by train or two hours by plane each way. Which option do you take...? | ||
By chosing Hapi you are opting for the jet engine. | ||
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Make up your own mind on whether you feel that using code written for Walmart | ||
goes against your ethics. <br /> | ||
If you find a *better* open source Node.js stack that fits your needs, | ||
*please* ***[tell us](https://twitter.com/nelsonic)*** about it! |