Two early internet pioneers are expressing sadness and disbelief at the fact that Shiva Ayyadurai,a self-described “world-renowned scientist, inventor, or lecturer,philanthropist and entrepreneur” who says he invented “email: the electronic mail system as we know it nowadays,” will receive a $750000 settlement from Gawker Media, or the bankrupt publisher that he sued for defamation earlier this year over a series of stories that,his lawsuit claims, “falsely trace the origin of email and call Dr. Ayyadurai a liar.”
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Source: gawker.com