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Silicon Underground (Dave F)<p>39 years ago, Microsoft held its very successful IPO. Microsoft didn't need the money, but were essentially forced into it. It made Bill Gates filthy rich and put Microsoft on the map. The search for the next Microsoft led to the dotcom bubble. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MicrosoftIPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftIPO</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DotcomBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DotcomBubble</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StartupCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartupCulture</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/1980sTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980sTech</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechMilestones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechMilestones</span></a> <a href="https://dfarq.homeip.net/microsofts-1986-ipo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dfarq.homeip.net/microsofts-19</span><span class="invisible">86-ipo/</span></a></p>
Timo Tijhof<p>By Fred Vogelstein and Om Malik <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Onmyom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Onmyom</span></a></span>:</p><p>"""<br>the technology revolutions that followed five years after 1996 and 2007 reshaped [..] business and society at large.</p><p>Without the leverage of the free open source software on generic x86 servers, you don’t get [..] Google, Amazon, and Meta.</p><p>Without cheap hard drives to go into iPods, and cheap broadband to download music, you don’t get Apple's resurgence. <br>"""</p><p><a href="https://crazystupidtech.com/archive/what-to-expect-from-us-in-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crazystupidtech.com/archive/wh</span><span class="invisible">at-to-expect-from-us-in-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CrazyStupidTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrazyStupidTech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dotcombubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dotcombubble</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
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