Folks,
TK> My memory is a bit fuzzy on this, but I seem to remember at least one,
TK> likely more systems in the early 90's that did this. Lotus cc:Mail, Notes,
Most or all of the LAN-based email products, including cc:Mail, were
based on a central, shared message store. This was latter 1980's.
As noted, other systems like DEC's all-in-one also saved on storage by
sharing central message copies.
As for Nick's reference to Notes's mid 1980's use of inter-document
dynamic links, SRI's NLS system had them operational no later than 1972,
but probably more like 1966.
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