[COFF] [TUHS] Who is the inventor of email?

[Tomasz Rola]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 04:05:00PM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> [ Moved to COFF ]
> 
[...]
> Back when I was posting "On this day" events, I had this for Ray
> Tomlinson for 23rd April:
> 
>     Ray Tomlinson, computer pioneer, was born on this day in 1941.  He is
>     credited with inventing this weird thing called "email" on the
>     ARPAnet, in particular the "@" sign to designate a remote host
>     (although some jerk -- his name is not important -- is claiming that
>     he was first).

I am afraid of jerks even if only a judge will listen to them.

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Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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