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R.I.P. Phil Goldman!

· Troubleshooting · 5 posts · Jan 5, 2004 View original thread ↗

#1 Mon, 5 Jan 2004 - 02:50

From this week's This is true:

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THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE goes to Phillip Goldman. A computer wizard from an early age, Goldman created "Multifinder", a program for the Macintosh that allowed the machine to run more than one program at a time, which helped make the personal computer a true multitasking device. In 1995, Goldman helped bring the Internet to a wider audience -- those who didn't have or want computers -- by co-founding WebTV, which was sold to Microsoft for half a billion dollars. In 2002 he founded Mailblocks to help keep e-mail inboxes spam free. Quite an impressive list of accomplishments, considering he was only 39 when he died December 26 from unknown causes.

#2 Mon, 5 Jan 2004 - 08:12

So young, sad. I use his mailblocks email. It works (no spam).

#3 Mon, 5 Jan 2004 - 08:16

Damn, first it was Phil Hartman...now it's Phil Goldman? Cripes...

R.I.P

#4 Mon, 5 Jan 2004 - 10:18

Thank you Phil Goldman for improving our lives. I pray for the comfort of your family and friends. May in rest in peace.

#5 Mon, 5 Jan 2004 - 19:39

Wow. Freaks me out. I got an email from that guy not 3 weeks ago. I too am an avid user of mailblocks.com (it really does work, no spam), and it has changed my email life - for that alone phil was the man, let alone his mac connection.

Phil, may you be spam free in heaven...

Lee