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Title: Inventor of modern email has passed away Post by: sprite75 on March 06, 2016, 07:27:09 PM RIP Ray Tomlinson (http://qctimes.com/business/inventor-of-modern-email-ray-tomlinson-dies/article_be3354a1-3e24-5f4e-a6d8-710c1b4443fb.html)
Quote Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the "@" symbol, has died. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately available. Email existed in a limited capacity before Tomlinson in that electronic messages could be shared amid multiple people within a limited framework. But until his invention in 1971 of the first network person-to-person email, there was no way to send something to a specific person at a specific address. The first email was sent on the ARPANET system, a computer network that was created for the U.S. government that is considered a precursor to the Internet. Tomlinson also contributed to its development. Title: Re: Inventor of modern email has passed away Post by: Skull on March 07, 2016, 07:16:44 AM RIP Ray Tomlinson ([url]http://qctimes.com/business/inventor-of-modern-email-ray-tomlinson-dies/article_be3354a1-3e24-5f4e-a6d8-710c1b4443fb.html[/url]) Quote Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the "@" symbol, has died. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately available. Email existed in a limited capacity before Tomlinson in that electronic messages could be shared amid multiple people within a limited framework. But until his invention in 1971 of the first network person-to-person email, there was no way to send something to a specific person at a specific address. The first email was sent on the ARPANET system, a computer network that was created for the U.S. government that is considered a precursor to the Internet. Tomlinson also contributed to its development. I wonder how much money he would have if he got 1 penny for every 1,000 emails sent... :) Title: Re: Inventor of modern email has passed away Post by: ER on March 07, 2016, 09:55:13 AM I nominate him Patron Saint of Spam and Cat Videos.
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