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History by lawsuit: After Gawkers demise, “inventor of email” targets Techdirt

by jwarren on 6/14/17, 8:06 AM with 2 comments

• by wyldfire on 6/14/17, 3:32 PM

  I'm with Ayyadurai. He did invent "email". BTW I invented "The Steam Engine" (c) 2017 [1]. James Watt? Pssh, never heard of him!

  [1] https://github.com/androm3da/the-steam-engine

• by petee on 6/14/17, 3:29 PM

  When I was a child, I sketched a pager with a keyboard and a front screen; at the time I'd seen nothing like it - I think I invented Text Messaging!

  Thats my story and immm stickin' to it. Wish I kept that sketch though...

  Great article, btw, quite detailed