20 Feb
2020
20 Feb
'20
6:46 a.m.
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, Ed Carp 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!
Ray Tomlinson is said to have first used the "@" symbol, but email as such
certainly existed before then; I first used it in the 70s on an IBM 360,
but it was definitely already in use at the time.
-- Dave