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I/We read with interest Walmart's new edict that suppliers have to be be able to exchange data electronically with it over the internet rather than through private networks. Specifically, Wal-Mart suppliers must be equipped to exchange paperwork electronically using Electronic Data Interchange-Internet Integration, or EDI-INT, a protocol for moving data across the Internet that incorporates Extensible Markup Language (XML).

In their haste to meet the October deadline, many suppliers are turning to so-called application integration companies, and most of the application integration companies mentioned have a solid J2EE backbone as part of their solutions, including TIBCO, webMethods, and Cleo.

Microsoft may have had the initial advantage when it came to hyping web services with .NET, but slow-starting Java did that "Tortoise versus Hare" thing and is gamely raking in the cold cash after reality dashed some cold water on the hype.

Let's all stand up, and say together now: "Thank you Microsoft for spending millions to hype web services."

And to think that I/We was blissfully coding rickety windows programs in VB just a year ago! Here's one/many gal who's happily embraced the collective!