Re: Standards, then mergers

["Matthew MacKenzie" <mattm@adobe.com>]

Ed,

When I started out with ebXML, I was hoping for a revolution.  That was overly idealistic, for the reasons you state.

Evolution, however, is inevitable.

-Matt

On Jul 13, 2004, at 1:31 PM, 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...
>
> 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
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