>Ray Tomlinson
>Inventor of E-Mail
>Dead at 74
Real spit, pham, how long until tweeter or slack usurp email as the enterprise's #1 communication medium?
Also, RIP in peace Tomlinson.
No one cares.
>>53345219
No one excpet you, m8.
F
>>53345219
>pour heart and soul into new technology that renovated communication on the internet
>die
>no one gives a fuck
Why should anyone try in technology with this mindset?
>>53345810
One cynic shouldn't be all it takes to stop you from living your passion.
>>53345810
Technology moves so fast. What he created and what is used today are two completely different beasts.
>>53345174
What did he invent exactly? POP, SMTP?
did he get rich
>>53345174
Lucky bastard. I wish I was dead.
>>53345822
Was asking the post I quoted that question.
>>53345824
It's still a foundation, you have to start somewhere.
>>53345824
Yeah, because you don't have gmail or similar opened next to 4chan.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/6/11168718/ray-tomlinson-dead-inventor-of-email-obituary
He said about the @ symbol
>It's the only preposition on the keyboard.
What is that supposed to mean?
>>53345174
>enterprise
>>53345174
>Tomlinson was best known for choosing the @ symbol to indicate a message should be sent to a different computer on a network. He also led development of standards for the from, subject, and date fields found in every email message sent today.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/email-inventor-ray-tomlinson-dies-at-74/
>>53345174
rip ;_;
>>53345174
From a fucking heart attack...
>>53345174
Just saw this on the front page of MSN
Hopefully it gets some attention elsewhere
