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RE: POLL
Bob,
Here, here! Well said!
Selection of a system must also be based on what the individual enterprise's
requirements are. Thus, it's truly not a popularity contest at all.
Unfortunately, many companies buy an EDI system (integration system, or
whatever you want to call it) based on the myth that what some other company
decided to use must make it good for them as well.....
As we all know......this doesn't work.
Rachel
Rachel Foerster
Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd.
Phone: 847-872-8070
-----Original Message-----
From: R.T.Crowley [mailto:
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:28 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [EDI-L] POLL
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From: "ideab2bedi" <
Sent: Thursday, 28 March, 2002 10:15
> I would like to thank everyone for the feedback on the trans-
> lator poll. I only included the major translators because there
> are so many EDI translators on the market. If I add every
> translator available to the poll, the poll resets to zero, and
> you would have to vote again.
I think there is a very good point being made here, and one the originator
of
the poll missed. The idea of doing a poll covering only the supposed "major
translators" is a fallacy. Sure, there will always be a few products in any
field more favored than others, but the products listed in this poll did not
cover all of those most of us would see as "major." The list was more along
the
lines of those products with the most advertising and/or name recognition.
Many
products with large customer bases were left out, and that is always a
problem
with a non-scientific poll. The questions asked depend upon the knowledge
and
prejudices of the formulator of the poll, and are not backed by enough
research
to make it valid. The real point made was the fact there is a great deal
more
to this than just a list of product names. The choice of any electronic
commerce product or service is not a popularity contest. It needs to be
based
upon hard data.
Best Regards,
Bob
R.T.Crowley - Senior Vice President
Research Triangle Software, Inc.
1135 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27511
Tel: +1-919-657-0505
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Fax: +1-919-657-0589
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