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Blame This Man...

Ray_tomlinson Next time your email inbox gets swamped, this is the man to blame...

His name is Ray Tomlinson, and he is almost singularly responsible for the email revolution after developing in 1971 the code which enabled the sending of a message between two computers for the first time.

At first, his email messaging system wasn't thought to be a big deal. When Tomlinson showed it to a colleague, he said "Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're supposed to be working on."

Feel free to print out his picture, pin it to the wall, and give it a stern look next time your mail application goes boing!

http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/home.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/1586229.stm
http://www.bbn.com/about/timeline/at_sign

19 October 2008 in email |

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