Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 01:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org>
To: Dwight Johnson <dwj@aaronsrod.com>
Subject: [linux-biz] Re: linux and EDI

On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Dwight Johnson wrote:

> I'm a little busy these days. Rather than wade through that
> entire site, perhaps you could just give us a quick definition
> of EDI. Is it an acronym for some process in electronic commerce?

Simply put, it's a structured way to send electronic documents from one
site to another. It was designed by mainframe types and commissioned by
Dilbert's boss. It's little more than structured e-mail, but the mainframe
mentality that surrounds much of it has made it outrageously expensive,
inefficient, and generally controlled by a very small group of companies
known as Value Added Networks (VANs). It's become a cash cow for many
consultants that work in it.

- Evan


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