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		jacquesm on March 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ray Tomlinson, Inventor of Email, Has Died > Or suddenly went proprietary. It might even happen.

w1ntermute on March 7, 2016 [–]

It almost did happen. Embrace, extend, extinguish.

chei0aiV on March 7, 2016 | [–]

It pretty much did happen:

https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-be... https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/15/email/

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