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		the-dude on Oct 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? I read about EDI in the early 80s.

dhruvkar on Oct 22, 2019 | [–]

Right. It's been around for 30+ years and it's meant to solve this exact problem.

However, the cost of training staff and implementation is often out of reach for SMBs, still.

exhilaration on Oct 22, 2019 | [–]

The largest companies in the world - Amazon, for example - still actively use EDI.

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