Bob > 3. Having worked for the government for many years, I > much prefer that small, private companies be the > source of testing and certification functions for > things like security and transaction integrity. But, > without market competition, the price is bound to be > too high. Where are the cheaper alternatives to > Drummond's ASx certification services, and why would > companies like Walmart use Drummond if it was not > necessary and cost-effective? Is anyone from Walmart > willing to comment on this?
Rik Drummond was the chair of the EDIINT committee. http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ediint-charter.html I don't have a problem with him profitting from his experience & contributions, but a $60,000 certification process is a bit much. In many RFCs, the tests are published and don't need expensive certification. Perhaps HTTP or ftp is a simplistic comparison, but they are easy to test without expensive 'certification', and either work correctly, or do not. The Open AS2 project http://www.openas2.org/ has all the pieces, but I don't think anyone has put them to work in a product, yet. As long as WalMart insists on using 'certified' software, their suppliers will have to pay for overpriced AS2 software. Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hd73fab/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705005582:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123228054/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/
