Jim Ellis (computing)

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James Tice Ellis (6 May 1956—28 June 2001) was a computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Ellis grew up in Orlando, Florida. Before developing Usenet, Ellis attended Duke University. He later worked as an Internet security consultant for Sun Microsystems. He was married and had three children when he died of lymphoma in 2001 in Harmony, Pennsylvania.

[edit] References

• Hafner, Katie (July 1, 2001). James T. Ellis, 45, a Developer Of Internet Discussion Network. New York Times

[edit] External Links

• Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies, Associated Press, on USAToday.com, June 29, 2001, retrieved on December 22, 2006.