Seven Decades and Four Eras 1945 1955 1965

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Seven Decades (and Four Eras) 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 2015 Randal

Seven Decades (and Four Eras) 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 2015 Randal C. Picker James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law Ludwig & Hilde Wolf Teaching Scholar The Law School, The University of Chicago

UChicago. News, Sept 21, 2016

UChicago. News, Sept 21, 2016

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‘ 45 ‘ 55 ‘ 65 ‘ 75 ‘ 85 ‘ 95 ‘ 05 1945: von Neumann EDVAC paper 1945 1946: ENIAC Seven Decades, Four Eras: Big Iron, 1945 -1982 ‘ 15 1953: Silicon, not Germanium 1947: Bell Labs invents transistor 1957: Sputnik launches 1955 1965 1956: AT&T and IBM Antitrust Consent Decrees 1958: Integrated circuit invented 1964: IBM releases System/360 1982: DOJ dismisses suit vs IBM 1975 1969: DOJ files SA 2 antitrust suit vs IBM 1985

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‘ 45 ‘ 55 ‘ 65 ‘ 75 ‘ 85 ‘ 95 ‘ 05 Seven Decades, Four Eras: PC, 1971 -2001 ‘ 15 Nov 1971: Intel releases 4004 chip July 1994: US-Microsoft MS-DOS antitrust deal Apr 1977: Apple II released 1965 1975 Jan 1975: Altair 8800 on cover of Popular Electronics June 2001: DC Circuit affirms MS antitrust liability Aug 1995: Netscape IPO 1985 Aug 1981: IBM releases PC Jan 1976: Gates open letter to hobbyists Mar 2004: EU finds MS violation for WMP 1995 2005 May 1998: DOJ brings browser antitrust case vs Microsoft

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‘ 45 ‘ 55 ‘ 65 ‘ 75 ‘ 85 ‘ 95 1993: Mosaic ‘ 05 Seven Decades, Four Eras: Desktop Internet, 1993 -2010 ‘ 15 Jan 2000: AOL/Time Warner deal Apr 1998: Brin & Page Google paper 1985 1995 May 2010: EU announces Google investigation Aug 2004: Google IPO Apr 2015: EU Google Shopping SO May 2012: Facebook IPO 2005 2015 Dec 2009: AOL/TW divorce Oct 2015: CA 2 rules in Sept 2005: Authors Guild Google Books suit favor of Google on books Jan 2013: FTC closes Google investigation Aug 1995: Netscape IPO July 1995: Amazon goes live

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‘ 45 ‘ 55 ‘ 65 ‘ 75 ‘ 85 ‘ 95 ‘ 05 Seven Decades, Four Eras: Mobile, 2007 -2015 ‘ 15 Jan 2007: i. Phone launch Sept 2008: Android SDK released Jan 2013: FTC smartphone patent settlement with Google Jan 2010: i. Pad launch Aug 2012: $1 billion smartphone patent verdict in favor of Apple 2005 2015 Nov 2007: Amazon Kindle launch Apr 2015: EU announces Android investigation July 2013: DOJ e. Books antitrust suit against Apple Apr 2016: EU announces Android SO June 2015: CA 2 affirms vs Apple in ebooks suit