It's true, it's true. And you won't just need Zantac, you'll need Xanax as well.
WebMethods is not a translator, it's a toolkit, a set of tinkertoys that you have to put together yourself. What is advertised as its "EDI capability" is just a bunch of extraordinarily complex components that have to be tinker-toyed together to make a roll-your- own translator, if you're lucky. Be prepared to hire expensive consultants, because the EDI components are insanely complicated and you'll never figure it out on your own. Then be prepared to keep consultants on site forever to maintain and enhance the roll-your-own tinker-toy translator going forward. You'll never be rid of them. Or, if you want to create your own little corporate empire, then you can easily justify hiring extra staff who will be be trained to be solely dedicated to the care and feeding of the tinkertoy structure. They won't have time to do any actual EDI work, though, because they won't have time to do anything else apart from WebMethods care and feeding. Or, if you don't want to take a high-risk path that will burn money forever, and if you don't feel compelled to build an empire in your company, buy an off-the-shelf translator. KISS. Joe --- In [email protected], Brian Lehrhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dig a large hole, fill it with money, soak it with gasoline, apply open flame. > > you don't have enough money and zantac to do this. cost is one component, > time to implement a quality solution is another. > > if you're looking for an alternative that runs on z/os, contact me off list. > > Brian Lehrhoff, EA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Messaging Consultant 201-913-4506 > Upgrade your Quickbooks for 20% off at http://ea.brianlehrhoff.com > Circular 230 Notice is located at http://ea.brianlehrhoff.com/230notice.html > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: avid_diver01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:29:59 AM > Subject: [EDI-L] Cost Analysis > > Hi, > > I do EDI on Mainframe/Gentran:Basic and would like to do a cost > analysis for migrating to webmethods. Any comments and perhaps cost > analysis template is greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > Rene' > > > ------------------------------------ > > ... > 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 > > > > > > > [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/
