This article I just received from NetworkWorldFusion talks a little about the Wal-Mart's UCCnet and AS2 mandates and adds GIS to the mix. I found it interesting since it touches some of the points discussed lately on this list
The art of balancing e-commerce processes http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/020705specialfocus.html?page=1 --- In [email protected], "Sylvia Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earl, to your statement "When Wal-Mart sends POs in XML, we'll be ready. > Until then, fagetaboudit.." You may want to go to Google and do a search on > "Wal-Mart xml" and "Wal-Mart EAN.UCC". While they may not be sending PO's to > your customers, they are and have been active participants providing > leadership in several EAN.UCC (now GS1) XML initiatives. Statements that > they do not see the benefits in XML are inaccurate. > > Sylvia Webb > ________________________________ > > From: Earl Wertheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:05 AM > To: Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]; EDI-L Mailing List > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <ADVOCACY> Why I Don't Like XML > > > Richard > > > Now maybe it's the puritanical spirit in me, but geez, if I'm spending > damn near > > twice as much time, data storage and bandwidth shipping my delimiters as I > am to > > ship my data (44 bytes versus 125 bytes), well that to me is just plain > dumb. I > > don't care how cheap it is, I don't care how fast your data link is -- if > you > > spent twice as much time shipping data than overhead, your throughput > would > > double. Wouldn't it? > > Except that the 7x increase in size (125 / 17) is offset by the huge > increase > in connection speeds. Something like 47Kb to 10Mb ?? > > "The data transmitted expands to the available bandwidth" > > When WalMart sends POs in XML, we'll be ready. Until then, fagetaboudit.. > > Earl Wertheimer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.spe-edi.com > > > > . > 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] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . . 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/
