> "When the first email was sent in the early 1970's there was no big difference to the email we know today." - And this is the problem. Actually, this is the

> "When the first email was sent in the early 1970's there was no big difference to the email we know today." - And this is the problem. Actually, this is the greatest advantage of email: its extreme portability across platforms and clients. We can reinvent the way we interact with it, but we don't need to reinvent the technology itself. This is an immensely important distinction.