You are talking about going down a slippery slope. If you lie to your customer in an official document you risk; being disqualified as a supplier, getting fired, possible fraud or other charges if anyone wanted to take it that far.
----- Original Message ----- From: w_cohen99 To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:47 AM Subject: [EDI-L] Re: Reducing/eliminating our EDI VAN Well that is a good point. The survey requires you to list it. Who's to say that listing something that you don't have/use is a problem? Unless down the road if there are problems between you and the tp and it is traced somehow back to your non-certified software I wonder if the originator (or whomever wanted the certification) would then have legal/monetary recourse. Walter --- In [email protected], "Carl Galgano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is your TP going to know what software you are using? > I for one think the who Drummond certification is a bunch of crap. This > reminds me of the uselessness added by the UCC a decade ago. I have > implement AS2 for many of my customers, and while the question may be on a > survey, is there any way for the TP to really know? If it works then it > works. > cjg > > > Carl J. Galgano > EDI Consulting Services, Inc. > 770-422-2995 > www.ediconsulting.com > > 600 Kennesaw Avenue > Suite 400 > Marietta, GA 30060 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Earl > Wertheimer > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:27 PM > To: w_cohen99; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: Reducing/eliminating our EDI VAN > > Walter > > Wrong ;-) > FreeAS2 is nSoftware IP*Works v7. > http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as2-companies.html > <http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as2-companies.html> > > They've renamed the 'certification' to 'ebusinessready.org' and linked it to > GS1. > Realistically, how many organizations would be able to provide > 'certification' > that their software is compatible? As far as I know, Drummond (the writers > of the AS2 standard) is the only organization that do this testing (for an > exhorbitant amount of money). > > If you search www.ebusinessready.org, you will find http://www.gs1us.org/ > <http://www.gs1us.org/> Of course a search on GS1 for AS2 or ebusinessready > on their site results in no matches. > This is yet another example of BS 'certification' that results in no > additional benefit other than confusion. > > PS: I am an independent EDI consultant, and receive no commission, etc, etc, > etc... > > > Freeas2 will not help me, as it is not compliant, a tleast not via > > Drummond Group. > > > > Walter > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> , Earl > Wertheimer <earlw@> wrote: > > > > > > Walter > > > > > > > My top 5 TPs state that I must buy a compliant (UCC / Drummond > > > > Group) EDIINT product in order to go AS2 with them and most of > > these > > > > products are rather pricey. For instance Inovis BizConnect is > > > > $4,500 for up to 25 TPs and $900/yr maintenance plus $1k remote > > > > install. Anyone making use of any other 'reasonably priced' > > EDIINT > > > > products? > > > > > > http://www.freeas2.com/order.aspx > > > <http://www.freeas2.com/order.aspx> > > > 25 licenses (NOT TPs) for $999.00 > > > > > > the 1st is free ;-) > > > > > > > > > Some TPs may require 2 licenses. Keep that in mind. > > > > > > Earl Wertheimer > > > earlw@ > > > http://www.spe-edi.com <http://www.spe-edi.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: > > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: > <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 1997 (20070122) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com> > > > > > > Earl Wertheimer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> http://www.spe-edi.com > <http://www.spe-edi.com> > [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> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
