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1990 to 1994
This page highlights ICT industry developments from 1990
to 1994.
It covers -
Context
is provided by the broader media and communications timeline
elsewhere on this site.
1990
- Microsoft's
Windows 3.0
- Logica
establishes Speedwing Logica joint venture with British
Airways
- Bill
Gates becomes world's richest man
- Symantec
acquires Norton software
- Quarterdeck's
QEMM386 becomes fastest-selling software program in
US
- Multimedia
Personal Computer (MPC) standards developed by Microsoft
and Tandy
- BM
introduces XGA.
- GSM
standard defined
- establishment
of Panda Software
- introduction
of Archie search engine
- introduction
of Gopher at University of Minnesota
1991
- Western
Digital sells Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
to Future Domain
1992
- part
of Control Data spun off to become Ceridian information
services company
- Apple
loses lawsuit over Microsoft adaptation of Macintosh
desktop
- 100,000
pinball machines manufactured in US
1993
- Winsock
is released
- President
Clinton launches White House web page and email address
- Microsoft
releases Windows NT and Microsoft Office 4.0
- Tandy
sells computer business to AST Research
- Intel
releases Pentium Processor
- release
of Mosaic
- establishment
of Neomagic
- launch
of FRISK software
- Funcom
founded
- PowerQuest
founded
- release
of Doom by IdSoftware
- release
of Myst
1994
- Logica
buys Precision Software Corp.,
- Logica
buys software division of Synercom Technology
- Logica
buys Fray Data International
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