[today in history] July 17: Softbank acquired arm; The first email interruption; Wikimedia International Conference

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It's today 2022 year 7 month 17 Japan , stay 1924 Years of today ,IBM System/360 The main designer of series computers Gerrot Blaauw born ;Blaauw yes IBM 7030 STRETCH Designer of the project , Once committed to the ill fated IBM 8000 series , And for 1960-1961 Year of IBM 8106 A paging system is designed . He is 1964 Announced in IBM System/360 Key engineers of the project . Besides ,Blaauw Also for 8 position （ instead of 6 position ） Computer architecture provides a successful case . Review the history of computers ,7 month 17 What other key events have taken place on the th ？

1997 year 7 month 17 Japan ： For the first time in history, email was interrupted

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The Internet makes life so easy , And leaving the Internet will also make life face disaster . Just like a bad cold makes people like to breathe through their nose , Internet disruption will make people aware of their concerns about email 、 Dependence on SMS and streaming media services .1997 year 7 month 17 Japan , For the first time, the world has tasted the taste of quitting after becoming dependent on the Internet , A programming error temporarily threw the whole Internet into chaos , A computer operator in Virginia ignored a computer alert to update Internet address information , It caused problems in several other computers with similar responsibilities . This destruction means that most Internet addresses at that time will not be accessible , Millions of emails were not sent , The interrupt .

at that time Network Solutions Domain name server (DNS) Regenerate at midnight every day .com and .net Domain is destroyed , The computer cannot match the user input URL, for example www.nytimes.com With IP Address . This also stops sending emails to addresses that use the affected domain . The problem was solved in four hours , But it hasn't been solved before millions of messages are blocked .

in fact , Most Internet outages in history are often the result of human error , For example, the problem of Routing Protocol .3 month , Amazon's simple storage service （S3） Downtime for hours due to an employee entering a wrong command , Inadvertently caused a large number of servers to go offline . Amazon had to restart most of its cloud services and perform maintenance checks , Lead to include Venmo and GitHub Including websites and applications . The standard & poor's 500 The index company lost about 1.5 Billion dollars , American financial services companies lost 1.6 Billion dollars . What large-scale Internet disasters do you have an impression of ？ Have you personally experienced LAN disconnection ？ Welcome to the comments area for discussion .

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2008 year 7 month 17 Japan ： The Wikimedia international conference was held at the new Alexandria Library

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2008 year 7 month 17 Japan , Wikimedia International Conference （Wikimania） At the new Alexandria Library . Wikimedia International Conference from 2005 Started in , It is held once a year in summer . Wikipedia has always been committed to inheriting the cause of the Alexandria Library ,2008 The address of this conference was chosen in the new Alexandria Library . As of then , Wikipedia is online 8 year , More than registered users 700 ten thousand , Have more than 250 Ten thousand English entries , More than the total size of all paper encyclopedias in the world .

The library of Alexandria selected for the meeting , Located in Alexandria, Egypt , It has been the largest library in the world for centuries . The library was built by Ptolemy I, the king of the Ptolemy Dynasty of Egypt, in BC 3 Built in the th century . The Ptolemaic dynasty bought 、 Copy and even steal all kinds of books 、 Manuscript , In order to collect all the written materials of the known world . and , Libraries not only collect books , It is also similar to today's universities and research institutes , Recruit talents everywhere . The sad thing is , The library was caught in a fire , Completely destroyed .

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2016 year 7 month 17 Japan ： Softbank announced to 320 US $100 million acquisition ARM

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Softbank group （SoftBank Group Corp） It is a holding company in the home appliance industry and media industry in Japan . Its subsidiaries are involved in Broadband Networks 、 Fixed line telephone 、 Electronic Commerce 、 Internet Services 、 Internet phone 、 Technology Services 、 holding 、 Finance 、 Media and marketing .2006 year 6 month , Many media reported that Softbank and apple are jointly researching and developing built-in projects for the Japanese market iPod Player's 3G mobile phone . A year later ,iPhone Appearance , But because of 2G Network incompatibility , Not available in the Japanese market . Its upgraded version iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, One after another 2008 Years and 2009 Launched in the Japanese market .

here we are 2016 year , Softbank per share 17 pound , To spend 243 Hundred million pounds （ about 309 Billion dollars ） Cash acquisition of... Headquartered in the UK ARM company . Later on 2017 year 5 month 26 Japan , Softbank 40 Billion dollars for NVIDIA shares , Become NVIDIA Fourth largest shareholder , This was also announced by Softbank before 930 Part of the $billion technology investment fund plan . At present, Softbank has the largest website in Japan 、 The largest e-commerce market and the third largest mobile communication company , Alibaba, the Chinese company it invests in, owns Taobao, the world's largest e-commerce market, and Alipay, the largest online payment platform .

2020 year 9 month 14 Japan ,NVIDIA Announce bid 400 US $billion acquisition of... From Softbank group of Japan ARM The holding of . This transaction includes 215 Billion dollars Nvidia Shares and 120 $100 million in cash , Softbank will hold Nvidia most 8.1% Circulating shares . Besides , According to the additional consideration clause in the contract , Softbank may also be available 50 Billion dollars in cash or stock . Upon completion of the acquisition , Softbank will retain ARM Less than 10% Shares of . This transaction still needs to be approved by the UK 、 China 、 Approval of relevant institutions in the European Union and the United States , Regulatory approval may take up to one and a half years .

However , Even though NVIDIA Repeatedly said that after the acquisition ARM Still maintain the open source model and take a neutral attitude towards customers , However, this acquisition case was attacked by regulators and large enterprises （ qualcomm 、 Microsoft 、Google etc. ） Unanimous opposition . They worry that once the acquisition is completed , It will cause serious competition problems , send ARM Unable to maintain neutrality . Final ,2022 year 2 month 7 Japan ,NVIDIA And Softbank announced that they have agreed to terminate the agreement reached by both parties before ARM Share trading agreement , The acquisition was officially declared a failure , At the same time, Softbank will promote ARM list .

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