Re: Encrypted Magazine Subscriptions Via E-Mail?

[Michael Sattler <msattler@jungle.com>]

>>>why Wired ... don't [use PGP] to make subscribing easier?
>>
>> Because if you saw the low-tech state of the Wired office...
>
>Yup, too busy to automate. After all, if they took orders by email,
>they wouldn't need manual intervention. It all makes perfect
>sense. Why spend effort to lower the amount of time their staff need
>to spend on manual tasks? Makes more sense just to remain buried.

That a bunch of their staff is the minimum-wage "gee, look at my Mac" crowd
might have something to do with it.  I was amazed to find out that there
really are two sides to Wired: the professional computer geeks (eg.
Negroponte) and the professional get-a-magazine-out geeks, and the twain
never seem to meet.

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