Klause, My assumption is correct. Edifact isn't free. Regardless of how it's paid for it still costs money that ultimately comes from our pocket. It comes from either our taxes or the purchasing of the products from the companies that manufacture the goods or services. These companies, organizations, and countries pass their costs down the the consumer/citizen. It may be a cost of doing business, but it is still money that doesn't come out of thin air.
Lowell Porter EDI Analyst From: Klaus-Dieter Naujok <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 10/12/2010 05:13 PM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] EDIFACT vs. X12, public/free vs. nonpublic/expensive Sent by: [email protected] On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Art Douglas wrote: > EDIFACT is paid for through taxation. Art/Lowell, It is true that UN member contributions pay for the limited support provided by the UNECE secretariat in the UN/EDIFACT development. However, the majority of resources do come from the participating volunteers in the process, similar to the way X12 participants contribute. Because of the lack of public funding for the support provided to by DISA to X12, there is a fee associated with the publications to recover cost not covered by membership dues. On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Lowell Porter wrote: > EDIFACT isn't free. Lowell, Since the original comment was about the "free" publication of UN/EDIFACT, your response it false, All of UN/EDIFACT's documents are free. Klaus ------------------- This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. [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: [email protected] [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/
