From: Ken Thompson via TUHS <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
To: Ed Carp <erc@pobox.com>
Cc: tuhs <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Who is the inventor of email?
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:18:39 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG=a+rhqAMDaZv+G1fAfHu-Z_A51tqYMvtVYqpYaYr3rKdpMYQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACYmRNChAjojWUWFLcMYerQnhdXs-h5+R0KTmf+nuEUJXci=cQ@mail.gmail.com>
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i first saw email (between users on a single cpu) in 64/65.
a leap to bigger things was natural as soon as cpus talked
to each other. i first saw this in 78/79 with uucp.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 4:07 PM Ed Carp <erc@pobox.com> wrote:
> I've noticed that some guy named Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai is all over
> Twitter, claiming that he is the inventor of email. He doesn't look
> like he's nearly old enough. I thought it was Ray Tomlinson. Looks
> like he's trying to create some press for his Senate run.
>
> Anyone older that me here that can either confirm or deny? Thanks!
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-20 0:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-20 0:06 Ed Carp
2020-02-20 0:11 ` Deborah Scherrer
2020-02-20 0:39 ` George Michaelson
2020-02-20 0:18 ` Ken Thompson via TUHS [this message]
2020-02-20 0:40 ` Richard Salz
2020-02-20 0:46 ` Dave Horsfall
2020-02-20 2:12 ` Warren Toomey
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