The issue is once again -- no surprise here -- perception.
There are a lot of efforts out there which either a) don't
have the appropriate backing, or b) the appropriate
players...NIGP sounds monstrous, I agree, and was completely
turned off by it even though I recognize its benefit.
Now I sound like a "sexy specification" snob ;-P
- S
>Sally sez:
>
>> [is there really] a baseline need and nobody has the
sense/
>> knowledge/expertise to solve the problem in an elegant
manner?
>
>I don't know if I'd want to generalize, but NIGP at least
fills a real
>need in business- to- public-sector e-commerce. That
wasn't its origin,
>of course, and the solution was about as far from elegant
as you can
>get, but there's really a need there.