On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Klaus Hochlehnert <Mailings@kh-dev.de> wrote:

Me too. I’d also like to see it die.

But honestly I know a lot of small and medium business companies that really rely on faxing.

And for some parts it’s much easier than using email. Just say if you get a piece of paper from your tax office and want to send it to your tax consultant.

- Put it in the fax and send it

or

- Scan this piece of paper, save it to the disk, find it (which is btw the most challenging part for most people) and

Or get a device that will just do the scan & email in one fell swoop. You could even encrypt before sending and then the person would have to contact you to get the key before opening it. Not 100% foolproof but it would prevent the silly, oops, I sent your personal information to the wrong email address/fax machine. Just think, you could have the convenience of a fax and relatively secure storage of incoming and outgoing transmissions. Of course, wanting to cling to 1970's technology is something I can understand. Who wouldn't want to keep all those Bee Gees and Abba LP's?

-MC