The email invention story redux

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: *Bob Frankston* <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Subject: The email invention story redux
To: "David J. J Farber" <Dave () farber net>
Cc: dewayne-net () warpspeed com


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/peter-thiel-email-inventor_us_
581a50cde4b0c43e6c1dc44a



In addition to providing the financial backing for Bollea’s suit against
Gawker Media, Thiel gave similar assistance to a scientist named Shiva
Ayyadurai, who sued Gawker Media
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160511/10135934407/guy-who-didnt-invent-email-sues-gawker-pointing-out-he-didnt-invent-email.shtml>
 for defamation after it published a series of articles that, as former
Gawker Media site Gizmodo reports
<http://gizmodo.com/gawker-media-will-settle-with-hulk-hogan-and-other-liti-1788495465>,
“cast doubt on his claims to have invented email in 1978.” Those stories
were true. Ayyadurai did not, in fact, invent email. (As of Wednesday, a
settlement has been reached
<https://nickdenton.org/a-hard-peace-e161e19bfaf#.jzlbkdaah> in this case
in which Ayyadurai will receive $750,000
<http://gizmodo.com/gawker-media-will-settle-with-hulk-hogan-and-other-liti-1788495465>
.)



Bob Frankston

http://Frankston.com

@BobFrankston



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