RE: ebXML will end up being too expensive for small business

[David Burdett <david.burdett@commerceone.com>]

>>>ebXML will end up being too expensive for small business, and very
similar to EDI which preceded it<<<

Two of the goals for the transport routing & packaging group are, I quote:
"1) to scale from SMEs to large companies
2) to scale from low power to high end solutions"

So we definitely have small business in mind. From a messaging perspective I
think what this should mean is that if you are small business equipped with
email and an XML aware browser that handles XML style sheets, then you
should be able to communicate.

Would this meet the requirement? It doesn't look like EDI to me.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:wkammerer@foresightcorp.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 1:58 PM
To: ebXML List
Subject: ebXML will end up being too expensive for small business


Seen on comp.text.xml on 18 May 2000:  "ebXML will take another year,
and will be the future platform for enterprise scale companies and
entities...ebXML will end up being too expensive for small business, and
very similar to EDI which preceded it," by Todd F. Boyle, at
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=624807728&fmt=text.

Can this possibly be true?  What have we wrought?  If only
"enterprise-scale" entities can use it, what about ebXML's promise to
bring B2B interoperability to the masses?

William J. Kammerer
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