He did invent email as we know it, where two offline computers can email each other and attach office docs - the other guy invented a tx message service which required both computers to be on. Shiva's program was even called EMAIL. Don't do to Shiva what people did to Tesla. Give credit where it's due.
[–] 26357161? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
He is not an "MIT scientist" and he didn't invent email, either.
He's a loser who keeps running for Republican office and loses to other Republicans and then cries "racism" because he's Indian.
[–] 26357333? 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
He did invent email as we know it, where two offline computers can email each other and attach office docs - the other guy invented a tx message service which required both computers to be on. Shiva's program was even called EMAIL. Don't do to Shiva what people did to Tesla. Give credit where it's due.
[–] 26357626? ago
Nope, he trademarked a program he called "EMAIL".
E-Mail was already a functional part of Arpanet years before.
www.sigcis.org/ayyadurai
[–] 26360670? ago
He trademarked a good name. He created a program which wasn't in widespread use. But he didn't invent email as we know it.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc561
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc733 (obsoletes RFC561)
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821 (SMTP - the protocol we use today)
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 (obsoletes RFC733)
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(Over the years additional RFCs have built on / superseded RFC822)
[–] 26360767? ago
Yeah when I read the title I was hoping that it's not about that sad fuck but here we are. Embarrassing.