Bryan Marquard

The writer is Obituary Editor at The Boston Globe.

Ray Tomlinson, @ 74; pioneer of e-mail

When it came time to send that first e-mail, “I looked at the keyboard, and I thought: 'What can I choose here that won't be confused with a username?' If every person had an '@' sign in their name, it wouldn't work too well.”

8y ago
March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016

Ray Tomlinson, @ 74; pioneer of e-mail

When it came time to send that first e-mail, “I looked at the keyboard, and I thought: 'What can I choose here that won't be confused with a username?' If every person had an '@' sign in their name, it wouldn't work too well.”

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