Todd, et al:
Many thanks. Much appreciated.
You have identified a key problem. The public affairs challenge we face is
to break through the enertia and skepticism. The succession of public POCs
since December has chipped away at some of the skepticism. But to break
through the enertia takes something that makes the kids say 'Cool' or us
boomers say 'Groovy'.
For what its worth, my suggestion to break through the enertia is to get
end-users on board with ebXML. So far those identified with ebXML have been
mainly vendors, consultants, and standards junkies. At the DISA conference
last month, we did an ebXML demo, and had the EDI manager from HarperCollins
Publishers as one of the demo participants. The more we can get real
companies exchanging real messages with ebXML, the more real -- or even
groovy -- it becomes.
Alan Kotok
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