Re:Contract by Email
by dctoedt on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:04PM
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> it's technologically trivial to check that the text [of an email] matches a reference
Remember who we're talking about here: Lawyers and business people — too many of whom don't even know how to use Microsoft Word "properly." [0]
(You have no idea how many contract drafts I review in Word where the drafter used 'Normal' style for everything and just bold-faced the headings; used blank lines to put spacing between paragraphs; and didn't know how to do automatic paragraph numbering.)
Remember who we're talking about here: Lawyers and business people — too many of whom don't even know how to use Microsoft Word "properly." [0]
(You have no idea how many contract drafts I review in Word where the drafter used 'Normal' style for everything and just bold-faced the headings; used blank lines to put spacing between paragraphs; and didn't know how to do automatic paragraph numbering.)
[0] Obligatory link to the famous comment about Dropbox's launch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224