> I don't think the ultimate downfall to EDI will be a new > format, but rather > the slowness of it as it was originally a batch oriented system.
The format of the messages doesn't have a lot to do with whether it's batch oriented; I wager that I could write a very efficient and robust realtime processing system that chewed on X12 and EDIFACT transactions just as easily as XML. (Not saying it'd be as easy to write, just that the transactions would be processed realtime in a similar fashion to XML.) > Most sales people and business people frankly don't care what > standard they use as long as you load their data correctly. Darn right! It's all about the Benjamins. Business people don't care about XML, EDI or $INSERT_MARKUP_LANGUAGE_HERE. Just provide results, accurately and quickly. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
