The promise of e-signatures has fizzled in the face of security concerns, competing e-signature standards and the fact that, when it comes to big deals, people still like to handle paper. [C/net News.com] [via Denise].
Yeah, Denise I thought it was going to be a bigger deal too. I may actually be the first person in America to have signed a document digitally (in Louisiana for sure). A vendor sent us a contract that they wanted to have signed and turned around quickly. Since they sent it to me as a PDF, I just popped it into Acrobat, digitally signed it, and returned it to them with a note that I would give them the paper version if they wanted it. What they really wanted was to send me the stuff they were selling us and have the firm have to pay for it, so they accepted the contract and never asked for the paper. I'm waiting to see if they ever remember. I doubt it. They figure the deal is done because they sent the goods and now we have to pay for them.
My guess is that e-signatures will catch on sometime after the next ice-age....
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