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From: evanh@sco.COM (Evan A.C. Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Looking faxwards
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Date: 12 Jan 90 01:29:34 GMT
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I am for you, sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan).
>And about generating stuff electronically then faxing it:  the idea that
>all fax messages come from word processors, or even computers, is ludicrous.
>Can you "email" handwritten notes?  No.  Can you "email" articles out of the
>newspaper without re-typing them by hand?  No.  Fax is in no way an
>"incredible step backwards".

	I quite agree.  Most important to the business community:  Can
you email a signature on a contract?  No.

	On the other hand, fax _is_ frequently used for things to which
email would be equally well suited.  It would be a step forward if email
got as broad an acceptance in business as fax machines currently have.

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