BRAVO Art Douglas!! Few would have the guts to call a shot like that! Hopefully, there will be many more such candid postings about the pros and cons of AS2 certification and related EDI/XML operational topics.
For example, who else will weigh in on the issue of whether AS2 certification is necessary and/or desirable for AS2 implementations? What are the technical issues and. business concerns? I am not an expert (anymore) in the EDI arena, but Art's comments ring true to my old ears. What are the facts? Robert Frank (retired EDI consultant) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Andy, > >No, not all US companies are charging on a per-partner basis. Several of the early providers do, but as more and more AS2 packages enter the market, the price and restrictions can be avoided. > >Another factor we have here is the Drummond Group Certification. Some of the largest retailers in the US require their AS2 partners to use only AS2 packages that have achieved the very expensive Drummond Certification. Most suppliers that serve the retail market will sell to these retailers. Drummond Group Certification is arguably worthless, because AS2 either works or it does not. There is no reason for a software house to pay the exorbitant cost of certification. Obviously, others disagree. > >I use Softshare ECS as my communications executive. ECS includes AS2, as well as AS1 and AS3, at no additional cost. In other words, Softshare did not raise the price when they released the version with ASx. There are other providers in the states that also provide ASx functionality at a reasonable cost, albeit uncertified by Drummond Group, but using them to communicate with those particular TPs is risking the account. > >That is why some EDI users are constrained by the number of trading >partners. > >Art Douglas >Manager, eCommerce Systems >PaperPak >San Dimas, CA >909-971-5025 > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy_Twigg >Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:01 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [EDI-L] Re: <Tech> Sears, Penney's AS2 usage > >Hi, > >This is my first foray into posting a message on this group. I've >been reading (and chuckling at) some of the conversations over the >past few months. I work for an EDI company in the UK and we >developed AS2 for our main comms product about 6 months ago. > >My question is whether all the US companies are charging on a per- >trading partner basis for their AS2 connections? - we currently have >an unlimited connection scheme for our product, are we missing a >trick? > >Regards, > >Andrew Twigg > > >--- In [email protected], "Denise Tate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Are you looking at just retail companies using AS2? >>I do AS2 with McLane, Meijer, and Wal-Mart. Target also does AS2 >> >>but I am out of licenses on my AS2 software and too expensive to add more people. > > >>Denise ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h0g0d2p/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705005582:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122948928/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . 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/
