1. Seven Decades (and Four Eras)
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Seven Decades (and Four Eras)
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Randal C. Picker
James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law
Ludwig & Hilde Wolf Teaching Scholar
The Law School, The University of Chicago

7. UChicagoNews, Sept 21, 2016

8. Seven Decades, Four Eras: Big Iron, 1945-1982
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Seven Decades, Four Eras: Big Iron,
1945: von Neumann EDVAC paper
1953: Silicon, not Germanium
1964: IBM releases System/360
1982: DOJ dismisses suit vs IBM
1947: Bell Labs invents transistor
1957: Sputnik launches
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1956: AT&T and IBM Antitrust Consent Decrees
1958: Integrated circuit invented
1969: DOJ files SA2 antitrust suit vs IBM
1946: ENIAC

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

10. Seven Decades, Four Eras: Desktop Internet, 1993-2010
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Seven Decades, Four Eras: Desktop Internet,
May 2010: EU announces Google investigation
Jan 2000: AOL/Time Warner deal
1993: Mosaic
Apr 2015: EU Google Shopping SO
Apr 1998: Brin & Page Google paper
Aug 2004: Google IPO
May 2012: Facebook IPO
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Dec 2009: AOL/TW divorce
July 1995: Amazon goes live
Sept 2005: Authors Guild Google Books suit
Oct 2015: CA2 rules in favor of Google on books
Aug 1995: Netscape IPO
Jan 2013: FTC closes Google investigation

11. Seven Decades, Four Eras: Mobile, 2007-2015
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Seven Decades, Four Eras: Mobile,
Jan 2013: FTC smartphone patent settlement with Google
Jan 2010: iPad launch
Jan 2007: iPhone launch
July 2013: DOJ eBooks antitrust suit against Apple
Aug 2012: $1 billion smartphone patent verdict in favor of Apple
Sept 2008: Android SDK released
Apr 2016: EU announces Android SO
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Nov 2007: Amazon Kindle launch
Apr 2015: EU announces Android investigation
June 2015: CA2 affirms vs Apple in ebooks suit