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November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly

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1999 – It was over 12 years that we saw Microsoft go through the Department of Justice over Monopoly issues. US district Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a 207 page Findings of fact on this day. In it, he ruled that Microsoft did have a Monopoly power over the OS in the Intel market. During the week we talked about what leads up to this 207 page ruling.

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November 2, 1931: DuPont DuPrene (Neoprene) Introduced

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1931 – E.I. DuPont announces to the world they have come up with a new substance that is a Synthetic rubber called DuPrene. Made from Acetylene, salt and rubber, this combination would eventually be renamed NeoPrine in 1937. The announcement was made at the American Chemical Society in Akron, Ohio.

2001 – Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice reach terms on Antitrust
2002 – DeLi Linux is released
2007 – Lenovo removes IBM label from computers

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June 21, 1948: Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine Runs First Program

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1948 – What was first expected to be a practical use computer, the SSEM, or Small-Scale Experimental Machine became the first stored-program computer. Basically, it stores program instructions into it’s electronic memory. This 32-bit word length, cathode-ray tube computer was designed to only run subtraction and negation through hardware. Other functions could be run, but only through software.

The first program was run on this day. It was written by Professor Tom Kilbum. The seventeen-instruction stored-program took 52 minutes to run. The program was tasked to find the highest proper factor of 2¹⁸ (262,144).

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November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 10 years, abilene network, aggregator, aurora, day in tech history, department of justice, district judge, Google, historical events, intel, intel market, judge thomas penfield, justice department, Microsoft, microsoft monopoly, monopoly, monopoly power, network segment, nov 5, Podcast, sparc linux, technology history, thomas penfield jackson, Yahoo 0 Comments November 4, 2018

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Aurora SPARC Linux is released
Abilene network segment is upgraded to 10 Gbps
Google drops the Yahoo – Google deal in pressure from the Justice department

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November 2, 1931: DuPont DuPrene (Neoprene) Introduced

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine acetylene, aggregator, akron ohio, american chemical society, day in tech history, department of justice, dupont, free button, historical events, lenovo, Linux, Microsoft, neoprene, nov 2, november 2, Podcast, stitcher, synthetic rubber, technology history, u s department 0 Comments November 1, 2018

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2001 – Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice reach terms on Antitrust
2002 – DeLi Linux is released
2007 – Lenovo removes IBM label from computers

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June 21, 1948: Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine Runs First Program

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine aggregator, board of directors, caucus, congress, day in tech history, department of justice, Geek, initial inquiries, internet explorer, iTunes, jim clark, Joel Klein, june 21, lawyer, legal woes, Manchester computers, Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, Microsoft, microsoft representatives, mozy, netscape, Netscape Navigator, netscape navigator browser, Podcast, robot, RSS, software giant microsoft, ssem, stitcher, Stored-program computer, summer solstice, technology history, Technology_Internet, University of Manchester 0 Comments June 21, 2018

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Start of the Summer Solstice
Congress Robot Caucus
SSEM runs first program
Final Cut Pro 10 was released to very negative reviews
Google and Nest Acquire Dropcam

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June 21, 1995: Microsoft to Netscape “Do Not Compete with IE”

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June 21, 1995: Microsoft Sends out a “Do not compete” request to Netscape

1995 – It’s the one event that brought major legal woes to the software giant. Microsoft representatives met with Netscape reps, requesting they do not compete the Netscape Navigator browser with Microsoft’sInternet Explorer. They would, in turn, get a seat on the board of directors. Co-creator Jim Clark turned down the offer, then took the matter to his lawyer. Joel Klein hears the issue and that starts the initial inquiries through the Department of Justice.Further Read: Microsoft on Antitrust

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