Re: [ebxml-dev] RE: [EDI-L] Announce - Latest Article on ebXML

[Todd Boyle <tboyle@rosehill.net>]

I think it's wrong to assume business only happens after
relationships are established.  Rather, the evolution of vocabulary
and messaging has gotten far ahead of some other critical
elements in e-business, such as

- strongly secure client machines that cannot be hacked
easily (this will never come from the commercial OS vendor,
who needs to extract a revenue stream from upgrades)

- strong PKI or other infrastructure for keys for signing, and

- webs of trust, in which parties have independent means of
assuring themselves of the trustworthiness and reputation
of other parties by empirical means.

When those other areas develop a bit further we will see a
lot more business being done with "strangers"!

Todd


At 09:24 AM 11/26/01, Rachel Foerster wrote:
>Mike,
>
>Again, kudos for an excellent article with good insights and conclusions. I
>think you're on the mark.
>
>One aspect that you identified is one I've personally been wrestling
>with...and that is the CPP/CPA and the underlying assumption that companies
>are going to establish electronic trading relationships on the fly and
>dynamically. The Open-edi Framework also makes this assumption.
>
>This assumption flies in the face of reality. Companies do business with
>other companies (for the most part) AFTER establishing a business
>relationship and determining the business rules of engagement. This idea
>that companies are going to seek out unknown suppliers from whom to obtain
>production materiel on the fly, etc., without any contractual obligations
>for service levels, product quality, etc. is nuts.
>
>Oh well....
>
>Rachel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Rawlins [mailto:mike@rawlinsecconsulting.com]
>Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:11 AM
>To: edi-l Yahoo List; ebxml-dev
>Subject: [EDI-L] Announce - Latest Article on ebXML
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>
>"Market Impact of ebXML Infrastructure Specifications" has just been
>posted as the latest article in my series on "ebXML - A Critical
>Analysis".
>
>Follow the link from my home page.
>
>--
>Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting
>www.rawlinsecconsulting.com
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