Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74
reddit / bbs

----------------------------------------------------------------------
malcontent70 · 2019-12-24 15:37

[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/technology/randy-suess-
dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/technology/randy-suess-
dead.html)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mycall · 2019-12-24 17:34

>  The only difference is that now it is all a little slicker.

Scaling to billions of people is only a little slicker. I do say
getting online and meeting people is the same.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
i-am-qix · 2019-12-24 23:05

Damn. We've lost a great :( Most large tech companies have this man to
thank in part for their success.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
[deleted] · 2019-12-24 23:05

[removed]

----------------------------------------------------------------------
barrybulsara · 2019-12-25 02:09

ATH0

NO CARRIER

----------------------------------------------------------------------
N0CARRi3R · 2019-12-25 05:58

:(

----------------------------------------------------------------------
CharlieBrown197 · 2019-12-25 13:16

G - Goodbye

! - Logoff Immediately

!

NO CARRIER

----------------------------------------------------------------------
chinklivesmatter · 2019-12-26 01:55

RIP, moot. oh wait...

----------------------------------------------------------------------
9600bps · 2019-12-26 18:26

RIP to one of the greats! It's a good opportunity to revist the
original CBBS article from BYTE: [https://archive.org/details/byte-
magazine-1978-11-rescan/page/n151](https://archive.org/details/byte-
magazine-1978-11-rescan/page/n151)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
LegoMaster2149 · 2020-01-01 22:03

Late to get the news, but now I’m sad to hear that this beloved man
has passed, we’ll never forget his contributions to technology...