I received a private reply related to this thread, and offer these additional thoughts on ASx certification.
The typical model with other protocols is to conduct vendor-interoperability summits - "bake offs" is what they are sometimes called, where the vendors test with other vendors to work out problems and verify interoperability. Buyers can then review vendor performance during these events and make buying decisions accordingly. The trade press also frequently does this kind of product testing and reporting. This is the industry norm, and it seems to work very well. I fail to see why EDIINT/ASx should be such a gross exception. I have a great deal of difficulty believing that the supposed benefits that the eBusiness Ready model provides over this industry norm justifies its cost. Perhaps it is up to the product vendors to take SoftShare's lead and refuse to continue to participate in this extortion. Mike --------------------------------------------------------------- Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting www.rawlinsecconsulting.com Using XML with Legacy Business Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003) www.awprofessional.com/titles/0321154940 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hgmie3m/M=362131.6882499.7825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1705005582:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123430041/A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</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/
