[TriLUG] Fax vs. .pdf - calling all IT gurus

[MrB]

In order to LOCK in customers you have to create a product that is "not
compatible" with anything else.  In this way you can claim superiority of
some type.  A government agency can dictate a MEANS and MEDIUM and demand
compatibility.

In the non-government world open commercial products compete, the money
behind vendor lock in is too tempting.

FAX is a standard that is cheap, understood and available to all.  FAR more
universal YESTERDAY and TODAY than the ever changing "because it got
hacked" encryption game.

More importantly, JUDGES AND JURIES understand FAX.

B



On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Ken M <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> Well I will say this.  Docusign has taken a foothold in my sector which is
> state government.  Now granted that may not mean it was the best product,
> or even near it.  But I do see them come up often outside of just our
> organization.  For personal I have been using sign now as it was free and
> flexible for working on my ipad.  But that was more for just avoiding
> printing then signing then scanning between my lawyer and myself.  On the
> ipad it worked seamlessly.  But nothing I have used either product for was
> private information.  In fact really they were essentially public
> information and no PII data was part of it.
>
> Ken
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 09:31:46AM -0500, matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
> > This brings up another good point.  Would you trust a commercial product
> > with respect to security and encryption or would you be too concerned
> > about intentional back doors, put in for surveillance, that would or
> could
> > be exploited?
> >
> > > From what I have seen Docusign is getting a good foothold in industry.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > >> On Dec 23, 2014, at 2:40 PM, MrB <brentrbrian at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> A better question is how many of these groups of people, bank,
> realtor,
> > >> insurance, all are going to be using the same products and the same
> keys
> > >> you can't even get them to agree on a date for closing ... I can't
> even
> > >> get
> > >> three doctors to agree on one computer system without making me sign
> on
> > >> to
> > >> three different websites to check results of test
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