10.26.2005

In celebration of the @ and all that it means.

So it seems Email was born less than a month BEFORE me. All this time I thought I existed BEFORE email. I liked thinking that, it made me feel historic.

Each age is opened by a rebel without a cause.

FAQ Why did you do it?

Mostly because it seemed like a neat idea. There was no directive to "go forth and invent email". The ARPANET was a solution looking for a problem. A colleague suggested that I not tell my boss what I had done because email wasn't in our statement of work.
-Ray Tomlinson inventor of email


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