I wouldn't say they had no clue about email. The NYT did in fact publish an article about email in 1990 [0]. [0] http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/13/us/some-comp

I wouldn't say they had no clue about email. The NYT did in fact publish an article about email in 1990 [0]. [0] http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/13/us/some-computer-conversation-is-changing-human-contact.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/13/us/some-computer-conversat...