[ale] kicking the IT habit

[Dow Hurst]

I guess the end of your sentence would be....

Palladium!!! and the MicroSoft!  We could shorten it to PMS and get 
women's attention.

Very sincerely,
Dow


Jeff Hubbs wrote:

>Jim -
>
>Having just recently done a real estate transaction, I think the problem
>you're going to run into is the establishment of dig-sig infrastructure
>on unmanaged clients - i.e. the "Dude, you're gettin' a Dell" machines
>laden with pop-up-launching spyware, etc. that rest in most
>Internet-connected homes.  Fax, sign with pen, and fax back is about as
>far as things seem to have gotten, although our buyers' agent was using
>some Windows app that handled fax images in some proprietary format. 
>I'd open the files she'd e-mail me with that app's no-cost reader on a
>WinME box, print, sign, scan, convert to PDF, and e-mail back.  They
>seemed to be rather cavalier about signature authenticity (that is to
>say, they didn't require original paper) until things got to the
>contract stage and then not again until closing.  You could work up some
>sort of Web app that used password auth but good luck getting that to
>hold up in court.  
>
>I hate to be pessimistic, but I think what you're alluding to would have
>to wait until general acceptance of pretty much incontrovertable digital
>signature capability at the casual home user level, and I don't think
>that's going to fly right now.  Now, if people decided to trust some
>software company to act as an agent on their behalf to execute binding
>agreements, that could work, but I can imagine anyone being so crazy as
>to give some software company that kind of control over their
>lives...oh...wait....
>
>- Jeff
>
>
>On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 20:29, Jim Philips wrote:
>  
>
>>After more than one year of being unemployed, I am kicking the IT habit. I'm 
>>going to work in real estate. If any people on the list are shopping, let me 
>>know. And if there are any enterprising software developers out there, I'll 
>>be happy to discuss the software needs in the real estate business. There are 
>>many. 
>>
>>I remain a dedicated Linux evangelist and I'll be looking for opportunities to 
>>convert services to Linux wherever I can. 
>>
>>One thing I want to investigate in my industry is the use of digital 
>>signatures. If anybody knows about efforts in that direction, please let me 
>>know. I know that digital sigs already have the force of law. But I would 
>>like to know about any instances of people using them in actual contracts.
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