My First Ever Email : To Bill Gates – circa 1992

All this news about Bill’s movements along with other stuff recently has reminded me very much of the first email I ever sent.

I was the only person I knew who had ever even heard of the internet. I had no one else to try sending one to. I very much doubt it was ever read – but it didn’t bounce. And back then, well before inbox-overwhelming spam, you’d have known if it did

Here it is/was: [Circa 1992 : Bristol UK]

To Bill Gates:

Greeetings from the UK.

[... a short sentence about myself...]

Twenty years ago people would have laughed if you told them that it will be possible to earn a living sat at a desk in front of a screen, tapping away at plastic buttons, moving a device called a mouse around on a soft pad.

IN TWENTY YEARS TIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EARN A LIVING SAT AT HOME, WEARING SPECIAL GLASSES AND GLOVES, CLICKING YOUR FINGERS WHILE WAVING YOUR ARMS AROUND IN THE AIR.

MICROSOFT SPACE. MICROSOFT ROOMS.

Close the Windows, the room’s getting cold.

Now who’s laughing?

Thank you for your time.

Jon Kossmann

Createc. Anderson & Lembke High-Technology Business-to-Business Advertising Bristol. UK.