Blogger launched, The U.S. Navy have to cancel a few credit cards due to hackers and the world’s first hashtag appears on Twitter. All on today’s On This Day from TestHuddle.
1993 – Apple Versus Microsoft Settled
One of the most famous lawsuit in technology history is decided for Microsoft. Apple claimed that Microsoft’s Windows copied the “visual displays” of the Macintosh for Windows 95. The judge in the case ruled that most of the claims were covered by a 1985 licensing agreement
1995 – Windows 95 Launches
Previously known by the code-name Chicago, on this day in 1995 Microsoft launched Microsoft Windows 95. The most notable feature of the new version of the operating system is the new Start button. New features include TCP/IP stack, dial-up networking, and long filenames.
Windows 95 is launched with a US$250 million publicity campaign including US$12 million for the rights to the Rolling Stones song “Start Me Up.” A ceremony is held in a circus tent on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington and hosted by Bill Gates and Tonight Show host Jay Leno. In New York City, the Empire State Building is shaded in Microsoft colours and in Toronto, Canada, a thirty story banner is draped across the 1800 ft high Canadian National Tower. 300,000 copies are sold on the first day which is approximately US$30 million in retail sales. More than a million copies will be sold within the first four days of its release.
2011 – Steve Jobs resigns as Apple C.E.O
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple’s CEO due to health reasons. He wrote to the boar: “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.” Jobs became chairman of the board thereafter, naming Tim Cook his successor as CEO, and continued to work for Apple until the day before his death six weeks later. Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California, home around 3 p.m. on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated pancreatic cancer.
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