- Brief History Of Linux (#6)
California Goldrush
Now we skip ahead to California in 1849,
when the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill set the... - Brief History Of Linux (#7)
The Rise of Geeks
The late 19th Century saw the rise and fall of "geeks",
wild carnival performers who bit the heads off live... - Brief History Of Linux (#8)
Let's all holler for Hollerith
In 1890 the US Congress wanted to extend the census... - Brief History Of Linux (#9)
Edison's most important invention
One of Thomas Edison's most profound inventions was that of patent
litigation.
Edison used his many patents on motion pictures to... - Brief History Of Linux (#10)
The AnyQuack Computer
One electronic machine,
Colossus, was used by the British in World War II to... - Brief History Of Linux (#11)
Birth of Gates and the Anti-Gates
October 28,
1955 saw the birth of William H. Gates, who would rise... - Brief History Of Linux (#12)
A note from Bill Gates' second grade teacher:
Billy has been having some trouble behaving in class... - Brief History Of Linux (#13)
Wanted: Eunuchs programmers
Everything you know about the creation of the Unix operating system is
wrong.
We have uncovered the truth: Unix was a conspiracy... - Brief History Of Linux (#14)
Military Intelligence:
Not an oxymoron in 1969 It was the Department Of... - Brief History Of Linux (#15)
Too many hyphens: Traf-O-Data and Micro-soft
Bill Gates and Paul Allen attended an exclusive private school in Seattle.
In 1968, after raising $3,000 from a yard sale,...
