On Wednesday 12 January 2005 9:53 am, John Allain wrote:
> > perturbed, he wrote an email to steve jobs to inform him
>
> Interesting story, but I find it hard to believe that emailing outside
> of academic and military circles was done much at all back in 1985.
> Oh yeah, and within a given company too, but seldom outside it.
> I'd believe this story if it was first set-up with how the two got email
> in the first place.
Actually, I think the point was that the friend has been a mac fanatic SINCE
1985, but not that this HAPPENED in 1985. I know the Mac store in chicago
only opened a couple years ago.
>
> John A.
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