Earl, the price they are asking for gas at the pump is totally absurd; should you fill up and make a run for it, then? The price they are asking for music CDs is totally absurd; should the old Napster be resurrected? The price they are asking for pharmaceuticals is totally absurd; these things are simple enough to manufacture once you have the formula - should a generic manufacturer sell them before the patent runs out without first obtaining a license? The price they are asking for Windows XP and Office 2003 is totally absurd; wouldn't it make more sense to buy a CD with the software from a street vendor?
Having said that, there could be an argument made for X12 to give away the standards if it had a different business model. But X12 hasn't done that, yet. So in the meantime, you have to buy the book, the CD, or properly licensed software with the standards embedded within. Besides, it's extremely likely that the "ordinary" EDI user could make do without the X12 materials, as you'll rarely be called on to build EDI messages entirely from scratch. Your larger trading partner will generally supply EDI implementation guides that you can map from. Or industry groups often provide their guides for free or nominal cost. William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. Columbus, OH 43221-3859 . USA +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Wertheimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Doug Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 21 October, 2004 02:40 PM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Re: Format of DISA standards CD Doug > The simple answer is that the v5 data is equivalent to one and only one version > of the X12 standard. If Diana requires a different version, or multiple > versions, the CD is the way to go. I understand that BUT: The price they are asking is totally absurd. They should put the specs on the Internet and make it a free download. Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> 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/
