January 28, 2004

Clinton's Internet Legacy

This is classic... From CNN/Technology: bq. Clinton's gift to Internet age: only 2 e-mails The archives of the Bill Clinton presidential library will contain 39,999,998 e-mails by the former president's staff and two by the man himself. bq. "The only two he sent," Skip Rutherford, president of the Clinton Presidential Foundation, which is raising money for the library, said on Monday. bq. One of them may not actually qualify for electronic communication because it was a test to see if the commander in chief knew how to push the button on an e-mail. bq. Former Ohio Sen. John Glenn has the distinction of being the first American to orbit the Earth and the only person to receive an e-mail written by Clinton when he was in office. bq. The e-mail was sent with the help of Clinton staffers to the space shuttle while it was in orbit and Glenn was a part of the crew. It praised Glenn for his return to space after almost 40 years. Wiping tears of laughter from my eyes... I know some people who do not use email and there is the apocryphal story of the boss who had his secretary print out the email for him to notate and give back to the secretary for reply but still... Posted by DaveH at January 28, 2004 7:39 PM