And hover cars will replace wheeled cars, the space shuttle will 
replace the typical airline and pellets will taste just like a full 
steak and lobster meal....

Yes, we've all heard it before - how this technology will replace 
that technology, this product will replace that one and blah, blah, 
blah.....

XML will never FULLY replace EDI....  Mac will never fully replace 
the PC, CDs will never fully replace vinyl records and so on and so 
forth and as such....

Seriously, XML may be a good fit for some - even many - of the 
current EDI uses we currently see in the world, but it will not 
replace EDI....  there is too much invested by too many people to 
replace an existing and, let's face it, fairly solid technology with 
a "newer" technology.....

As you said, Walter, you're going to stick with what works - EDI.

Craig Dunham
EDI Coordinator
Big 5 Sporting Goods

--- In [email protected], "w_cohen99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've seen some Forrester Rresearch reports about how XML is 
growing as 
> a B2B data exchange format.  For now there's not much adoption but 
the 
> report suggests that we need to plan for an infrastructer that 
> supports both EDI and XML.
> 
> Any thoughts on this as far as why a company might want to change 
> their EDI data formats completely or partially to XML?
> Being in the grocery wholesale business we do "standard" docs 
which 
> only includ, po, invoices, and payments so we'll probably stick 
with 
> what works: EDI.
> 
> Link: http://www.xmlconverters.com/products/forrester.html
> 
> Walter
>




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