Ed Dodds wrote: > > Matthew: > > First come standards -- then come mergers. I think there are a lot of good ol' > boys and gals who don't want to have to compete for their jobs during the great > shake out. Just look at the aversion the US's NPO sector (1.8 million orgs > strong) has to developing/adopting any kind of meaningful colloboration > enabling standards... Respectfully, I believe that this is due most to lack of funding for such efforts. Joe > Ed Dodds > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:09:33 -0400 > >From: Matthew MacKenzie <mattm@adobe.com> > >Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [xml-dev] Edi complexity, does ebxml really reduce > it?] > >To: Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@bah.com> > >Cc: "ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org" <ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org> > > > >Joe, > > > >Standardized infrastructure that draws on the experience and knowledge > >of hundred of professional computer science and business operations > >people is ebXML. > > > >Locally defined infrastructure defined by a small team of individuals > >with the only common point of the architecture being a file format is > >"EDI". > > > >Its an aging argument that "we can do it with EDI", or "why not just > >design our own". An evolution has to take place in the way we do > >business, and the only way to clear the path for true business > >innovation is to agree on a lingua franca for how we integrate our > >businesses. > > > >Regards, > > > >Matthew MacKenzie > >Sr. Architect > >Adobe Systems > > The ebxml-dev list is sponsored by OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The > list archives are at http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/ebxml-dev/ > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: > <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/> -- Kind Regards, Joseph Chiusano Associate Booz | Allen | Hamilton The ebxml-dev list is sponsored by OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.ebxml.org/archives/ebxml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/>
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