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

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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