# Randy Suess

> Randy John Suess was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online. Suess, along with collaborator Ward Christensen, whom he met when they were both members of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists’ Exchange, or CACHE, started development of CBBS during a blizzard in Chicago, Illinois, and officially established it four weeks later, on February 16, 1978.

*American computer programmer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/randy-suess

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1945-01-27
- **Died:** 2019-12-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Randy John Suess was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online. Suess, along with collaborator Ward Christensen, whom he met when they were both members of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists’ Exchange, or CACHE, started development of CBBS during a blizzard in Chicago, Illinois, and officially established it four weeks later, on February 16, 1978.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 53.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Randy Suess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Suess)
- [兰迪·苏思](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%B0%E8%BF%AA%C2%B7%E8%8B%8F%E6%80%9D)
- [Randy Suess](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Suess)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79327684)

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