Sujet : Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
De : candycanearter07 (at) *nospam* candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
Groupes : comp.miscDate : 15. Oct 2024, 22:10:03
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Francis Strelok <
fr@nc> wrote at 12:21 this Tuesday (GMT):
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the first computer-based Bulletin
Board System, and creator of XMODEM, the first file-transfer protocol
designed to work over noisy phone lines (both in the late 1970s), has
passed away at the age of 78.
He never made a big deal out of his pioneering achievements, and always
kept a modest profile in his personal life.
<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/>
>
Sorry to hear, RIP.
Yeah, rest in peace..
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BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died
Re: BBS Pioneer Ward Christensen Has Died