Ray Tomlinson, who invented e-Mail, died on Saturday.
He also pioneered the use of the @ for use in e-mail addresses. Previously @ had been an obscure accounting reference. Rather oddly, "@" does not seem to have a proper name, other than "the at sign".
His wiki page photo suggests he is Sir Ray Tomlinson, but I'm not sure that is true.
For better or worse, Ray changed the way we communicate, & in doing so changed the lives of almost every one of us. That's quite something.
I'm not sure on this, but I doubt he received a penny in royalties or accumulated any wealth as a result of his work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson
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