Internet Hall of Fame honors Raymond Tomlinson, whose @ symbol defines Web life

The Internet Society in Geneva announced its inaugural inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame on Monday. Al Gore got in, and so did the founder of Craigslist; for the most part, the inductees were an oldish, whitish, mostly male pride, important for doing things online that few people are technologically equipped to understand.

There was also Raymond Tomlinson, godfather of e-mail, benefactor of ”œ@.”

 
Good short info/history piece on @