>Renoir,
>
>
>>I was asked by a client whether I was familiar with EDI. I said that I understood that acronym and what it implied, but was unsure if it was a specific process or related to languages or systems. Can anyone give me a heads-up on what this is in the business/development world and is it more than just being able to transfer data from one place to another? Thanks!
>>
>>Regards, Renoir
>
>
>We had a fairly good discussion over on the fox.wikis a while back about EDI. Here's the link --> http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~EDI~softwareEng which should take you to the article. Perhaps this can help.
<<<<<<

Hey Doug, Discussions on the wiki give stars overhere !

BTW, a few weeks ago I asked a customer what he paid for the transfers;
Inbound is for free, and outbound is some standard fee of $20 per year (!) and $30 per 3,3 MByte; EDI-messages aren't that long, so calculate how many can be sent for this.

BTW, in earlier days it was much much pricier, and of what I understood (talked to a VAN-provider too) prices are that low now to compete with Internet-solutions.
The man even offered me to deal directly with him having the VAN, not needing any certificates or whatever. He told that most of the larger apps (SAP etc.) already do their jobs directly with the VAN-provider. I mean, leaving the EDI-provider superfluous (we have this TIE with dropping stock-levels).

Best wishes,