Kevin,
At 08:04 18/02/00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The cliff is fast approaching, it is time to change direction or parish,
>but alas their stockholders will not let them...
lol...
...and I thought changing direction and starting a parish were the same :)
Maybe a miracle would get them out of the situation?
Seriously though:
>I sincerely feel sorry for the pressures that many of the EDI translator/VAN
>companies must be feeling right now. Companies like webMethods, Vitria,
>Netfish and many other new real-time B2B, XML based systems have been able
>to enter the market without the baggage of legacy EDI architecture and a
>history of poor support.
Agreed...anyone can enter the market these days - all you really need is a
sound model.
>These new breeds of real-time B2B systems are yet to be accountable for
>profits, so they can afford to actually "care and ask their customers and
>potential customers" what they need in a B2B system and make a credible
>attempt to address these issues.
Definitely agreed - without the customer coming first, nothing will work.
>The legacy EDI translator/VAN companies
>have long ago been required to be accountable to their stockholders for
>profits so must focus all of their time and efforts on squeezing dollars out
>of their remaining customer's pockets. An unfortunate position to be in.
It would be if they did.
>This effort will simply encourage their customers to expedite their
>migration to the real-time, XML based B2B systems that can still paint a
>rosy picture of the future with some credibility.
Also agreed; if companies are creating systems that replace translators in
a "plug and play" fashion then they should take over the market place...it
would also be nice if webMethods, Vitria and Netfish (amongst others)
agreed on a common semantic understanding...
>What is most sad to me is the legacy EDI translator/VAN companies were in
>the best position to jump into this market and address the evolving needs of
>their existing client base, but for a variety of reasons they will not be
>able to lead and make this quantum leap into the new millennium.
Tis sad, tis sad - however if they can turn around as Microsoft did with
the Internet then they shouldn't have a problem :)
How's Open-EDI going these days...or has the star imploded?
Regards
Erron Criddle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Techrron Holdings http://www.techrron.com.au
5 Forsyth Street
O'CONNOR WA 6163 Fax: + 61 8 9314 2872
Australia Tel: 0414 800 888
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