Posts Tagged ‘Gary Thuerk’

Happy 30th Birthday SPAM – Damn You Gary Thuerk!

By Denis Campbell • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Business

(Reprise article)
The next time the Nigerian bankers send that once in a lifetime opportunity to help them get $20 million dollars out of their country and you salivate over the $4 million into your pocket for helping, you can thank Digital Equipment Corporation’s Gary Thuerk for sending the first SPAM 30 years ago this month. [...]

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