RE: [ebxml-dev] Off-the-shelf ebXML software packages

[Tony Fletcher <tony_fletcher@btopenworld.com>]

Dear Pae,

No, not quite right in my experience.

SME is used in Europe (with I believe direct equivalents in the other
European languages, or at least some of them) to mean Small and Medium
Enterprises.

SMB is for Small and Medium Business as you suggested and is used in North
America (USA and Canada), and maybe elsewhere.  I understand that that the
two are virtually, if not actually, synonymous.

I do not know if there are accepted definitions.  I would guess that small
would be 1 to around 50 employees and medium maybe 50 up to 500 or so
employees.

Best Regards     Tony
A M Fletcher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pae Choi [mailto:paechoi@earthlink.net]
Sent: 04 December 2001 21:33
To: Eckenfels. Bernd; ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org
Subject: Re: [ebxml-dev] Off-the-shelf ebXML software packages


I've been watching you folks are using the terms, SME and SMB
for the same meaning. However, we need to clearify that the term,
SME is actually we use for Suject Matter Expert and the term,
SMB is for Small and Medium Business. Any opinions?


Pae


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eckenfels. Bernd" <B.Eckenfels@seeburger.de>
To: <ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 12:08 PM
Subject: AW: [ebxml-dev] Off-the-shelf ebXML software packages


> If there is anything that Microsoft did right was to make some
software
> affordable to the small guy (SME).  If mass proliferation is to occur,
than
> the ebXML price point should be no more than MS Office for the SME.

You know that the BizTalk Server with $9000 is not exactly a competetive
Price compared to some Desktop EDI Systems.

Speaking as a Software Vendor I can of course sell a Messaging Service
for ebXML (without a CPA tool) for as low as $1000. But how is the Data
then transformes (I mean, do small offices realy be able to handle
XSLT?) and how is the data integrated in the backend systems?

Well, one thing which is obvious: ebXML is highly complicated and major
parts are still a moving target. Therefore Software will not come in the
<$10.000 price range. If this is open source software, the license cost
will be 0, but you need 20 days to get it working, which is $10.000,
too.

Greetings
Bernd

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