[BC] Fax software

[Keith Hammond]

Mike McCarthy wrote:

> They want a paper copy...that simple.  A signed/ratified order on
> paper still trumps e-mail in all cases.  There is enough plausible
> deniabilty with e-mail that it's still too risky for some business
> practices.
> 
> Most people don't have a signature scanned into their computer...for
> obvious security reasons.  So I can see the reasons why fax is still
> used.


  I can agree with the analogy but, fax me a copy (or e-mail it) into my
computer and I can print up any number of paper copies and every one of
them will be just as "authentic" as an old-fashioned faxed copy. But, if
I loose a copy from the e-mail, I can go back and reprint. If I loose a
page of an old-fashined fax (or, if the machine "eats" it), I'm just out
of luck...

  I'm not saying that faxes are all bad or completely outdated. Just a
lower resolution and a lot less convenient. (To me, that lacl of
convenience is probably something to do with the lack of resolution. I
have a tendency to see the smeared and streaked faxes as being inferior
to a cleanly transferred e-mail attachment. I occasionally see orders
that are printed so small that a third or even a fourth re-fax is
required to be able to properly enter them into traffic and billing
while the *TWO* agencies who will send and accept attachments never seem
to be difficult to work with at all.)
 

Keith Hammond
KBKH-FM
Shamrock, Texas