Thanks for that, Larry. My WTF? alarm went off when I noticed that the dates he invented email around coincide with my using email on PWB UNIX.
And his claim that the Arpanet wasn't created to send messages? Christ on a stick. What he does seem to have perfected -- though not invented -- is self-aggrandisement of epic proportions. On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > Another good email about Ayyaduri in particular: > http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2012/05/shiva-ayyaduri-email-us-postal-service/ > > > Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> >> John wrote: >>> >>> This is off topic, but I found it interesting. There are enough nerds >>> here, I figured some of you might find it interesting as well. >> >> >> It turns out he invented an email system, and copyrighted the name, >> however email goes back further than that: >> http://www.ir.bbn.com/~craig/email.pdf >> >>> >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-weber/the-history-of-email-boy-who-invented-email_b_5690783.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-p-michelson/the-history-of-email-invention-of-email_b_5707913.html >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
