Jim Ellis (computing)

James Tice Ellis ( – June 28, 2001) was an American computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet, along with Tom Truscott.

Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979, and it was established in 1980.

James Tice Ellis ( – June 28, 2001) was an American computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet, along with Tom Truscott.

Tom Truscott is an American computer scientist best known for creating Usenet with Jim Ellis, when both were graduate students at Duke University.

Ellis and Truscott were awarded the 1995 Usenix Life Time Achievement Award.

James Tice Ellis ( – June 28, 2001) was an American computer scientist best known as the co-creator of Usenet, along with Tom Truscott.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Ellis grew up in Orlando, Florida.

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 also Manager of Technical Development at CERT.

He died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, at his home in Harmony, Pennsylvania on June 28, 2001.

He died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, at his home in Harmony, Pennsylvania on June 28, 2001.

New York Times

This became the foundation of Usenet, conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, and established in 1980.

In 1979, two students at Duke University, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, originated the idea of using Bourne shell scripts to transfer news and messages on a serial line UUCP connection with nearby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.