1: The development of COBOL (1959)

2: The development of the ARPANET (1969)

3: The creation of UNIX (1970)

4: The first “clamshell” laptop (1979)

5: The beginning of Linus Torvalds’ work on Linux (1991)

6: The advent of Windows 95 (1995)

7: The 90s dot-com bubble (1990s)

8: Steve Jobs rejoining Apple (1996)

9: The creation of Napster (1999)

10: The start of Wikipedia (2000)

via techrepublic

1. Wal-Mart, DoD Mandates RFID Compliance Jan. 1
2. Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Buy Jan. 7
3. Publication of “The World is Flat” April 5
4. CardSystems Hack May 22
5. Sun Opens Solaris June 14
6. AMD Sues Intel June 28
7. Another SOX Delay Sept. 21
8. Massachusetts Votes for Open Documents Sept. 21
9. Vapor Without the Ware Oct. 4
10. The Arrival of SQL Server, Visual Studio 2005 Nov. 7

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