Bob Wallace Programmer
Wallace created the idea of shareware.
From This is True for 22 September 2002
computing
Computer and Internet pioneers and visionaries
Richard H. Bolt Computer networking pioneer
The first B in BBN.
From This is True for 20 January 2002
Jim Ellis Usenet creator
Ellis (with Tom Truscott) came up with “Usenet” in the early days of the Internet.
From This is True for 24 June 2001
Reynold B. Johnson Tech designer
A researcher for IBM in San Jose, Calif., Johnson led the team which developed the computer disk drive in 1956. Faster to access than tape, the “Random Access Method of Accounting Control” drive revolutionized the way data were stored. Delivered to its first customer on September 13, 1956, RAMAC used as many as fifty 24-inch … Read more
From This is True for 13 September 1998
Jim Nitchals Anti-spam activist
Nitchals was one of the earliest anti-spammers.
From This is True for 7 June 1998