Creator of
modern email, Ray
Tomlinson, dies at 74
Ray
Tomlinson, the inventor of
modern email, has died at age 74
Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were **t immediately available.
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Although Tomlinson wasn't well k**wn in mainstream media circles when it came to talking publicly about tech**logy, many within the tech industry continue to recognize his contributions
As recently as 2012, Tomlinson appeared in a video (below), speaking fondly about his first computer, an Apple Macintosh
Email existed in a limited capacity before Tomlinson in that electronic messages could be shared amid multiple people within a limited framework. But until his invention in 1971 of the first network person-to-person email there was ** way to send something to a specific person at a specific address.
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