Re: Ridiculous software transfer fees (was EDI andInovis fromLibraryData)

I've been creating/sending EDI files to VAN's with FTP for awhile. No
translators, we just write the EDI files in the right format with the
asterisks and end of line characters. I also do this for XML lots of
times. I don't use a parser.

It's more of a challenge when dealing with some receivers. During testing
you might make a blatant mistake that any translator would have never sent.
I hear receivers asking, "what translator are you using? How did that error
get past?" Lol

For receiving, it's more difficult. You have to strip out the fields, etc.


I have used PA townsends EDI application. Very cheap, and it does the
sending receiving encoding quite nicely.

Art Tostaine
On 7/12/07, Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How does one determine "user based pricing" on EDI?

Don't price by the "user", price by the transaction, moves to more of a
software-as-a-service model.

Think of it as electricity at home, I'm charged for what I use, not for
how big my house is (or how many people live in it). If I've got a
mansion, but only I live there, and I use a lot of candles, then my bill
is low. If I'm in a 400sq ft appt, but I've got 14 flat screens on the
walls, use electricity to heat my appt in the winter, and I leave all
the windows open, my bill is high. Seems fair to me.

-Walden

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