It certainly would promote adoption of AS2, and since Wal-mart is a major user and promoter of technology, I would think it would actually be a possibility. Some of the smaller retail chains are almost certainly in bed with at least *some* of the AS2 vendors to force suppliers to fall in line for pricey software, but I don't think there are any companies large enough to leverage Wally to do much of anything...
Travis- -----Original Message----- From: Joe Matuscak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Re: AS2 On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Travis Truax wrote: > I asked Wal-mart several months ago whether they still had the Drummond > requirement, and I was told they were currently assessing whether to keep > the requirement. I think the single most productive thing they could do is dump the Drummond certification and designate an open source version as their reference implementation. I suspect that would make AS2 a no cost feature on all EDI systems in a matter of months. Granted, it would screw over Drummond and all the folks that are trying to make a buck off of peddling AS2, but its not like Walmart hasn't stuck suppliers with the muddy end of the stick before. Thanks, Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (330)335-1541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ ... 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 ------------------------------------ ... 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/
