Unless this is a pseudnym for “Ray Thomlinson”, he’s a liar. And he’s a bit young to have done it in 1971.
But when Liar meets Liar, who cares who wins?
Exactly, 53? So he was 7 years old.
Yeah, I thought the same thing, considering ARPANet was running back in the late 1960s - early 1970s.
When I saw this 53-year-old guy (who isn’t much older than I am) claim to have invented e-mail, I thought “Wow, this must have been the smartest toddler ever!”
Reminds me of Al Gore claiming to invent the Internet.
First, Al Gore had to invent the Internet.
Then, Al Gore found an 8-year-old boy and asked him to send the first email.
Zactly.
He will probably claim he invented the ampersand to make it easy for him to send email.
And yes, I understand @ was not used back then.
Next, he will claim he came to this idea after creating the OSI model and having a vision of how ARPANET could be exploited in the business community to make work easier by typing your thoughts on a screen and having the ability to send them immediately.
He probably invented the “Let me know if email read” protocol.
He probably invented thin-net, FDDI and other LAN/WAN transmission mediums.
I don’t care if this guy claims he is a Republican and even won a case for his claim of inventing email, which he does not receive some type of royalty.