We in the ARPA
community (and no doubt many others outside it) have come to realize that we have
in our hands something very big, and possibly very important. It is now plain
to all of us that message service over computer networks has enormous potential
for changing the way communication is done in all sectors of our society.
- T.H.
Myer, D.W.
Dodds, "Notes on the Development of Message Technology," Berkeley Workshop on
Distributed Data Management and Computer Networks, LBL-5315,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, 1976. (Cited in: Ian R. Hardy; The Evolution
of ARPANET email;
History Thesis; University of California at Berkeley;
Spring, 1996). |