Re: Ray Tomlinson

John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Sun, 06 March 2016 14:46 UTC

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From: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
To: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>, IETF <ietf@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: Ray Tomlinson
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Indeed, very sad.  I never knew him well personally, but, if you
are in touch with his family, please extend my condolences.

   john


--On Sunday, March 06, 2016 10:58 +0100 Bob Hinden
<bob.hinden@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry to have to share the news that Ray Tomlinson died
> yesterday.  I knew him when we worked at BBN in the 1980s.  He
> was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012.
> 
> Nice article on Ray at
> 
> http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2991486/ray-tomlinson-email-i
> nventor-interview-i-see-email-being-used
> 
> His wikipedia page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson
> 
> He is credited for inventing email that we used today, but his
> work was much broader.
> 
> Very sad, he will be missed.
> 
> Bob
> 
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