[today in history] June 1: Napster was founded; MS-DOS original author was born; Google sells Google SketchUp

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It's today 2022 year 6 month 1 Japan , stay 1979 Years of today ,Minecraft Marcus, the developer of the game · Persson （Markus Persson） born . Persson's nickname Notch, Is a Swedish game programmer , With Carl · Norman and Jacob · Perth is 2010 Set up a game company at the end of the year Mojang, And start running independent sandbox games 《 My world 》（Minecraft）;2014 year 11 month , stay Mojang After being acquired by Microsoft , Persson left the company . Review the history of computer 6 month 1 Japan , What other key events have happened on this day ？

1956 year 6 month 1 Japan ：MS-DOS The original author Tim Paterson born

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Tim · Paterson （Tim Paterson） Born in 1956 year 6 month 1 Japan , He created 86-DOS Famous for . The system simulates the Gary Kildall Invented CP/M Of API .86-DOS Later evolved into MS-DOS, Become 1980 The most widely used personal computer operating system in the s . Time to go back to 1978 year 6 month , Tim · Patterson graduated from Washington University with honors , And got a degree in computer science ; After graduation, he went to Seattle computer products company as a designer and engineer , Designed for Microsoft Z-80 SoftCard The hardware .

After a month , Intel released 8086 CPU. Standard at that time CP/M The operating system is not yet available for this CPU, There is no operating system on the market , As a result, Intel's sales are slow . To fill this gap , Patterson is 1980 year 4 Development begins in QDOS, From published CP/M Reproduction from various sources, including manuals API And so on , So that it has a high degree of compatibility .QDOS It was soon renamed 86-DOS.1980 year 12 month , Microsoft to 2.5 Million dollars to trade with Patterson , bought 86-DOS Non exclusive license to , Obtained sales to other hardware manufacturers 86-DOS The right to .1981 year 7 month , Microsoft adds 5 Thousands of dollars , Bought completely 86-DOS All the rights of , And rename to MS-DOS.

The timeline goes back to Patterson , He is in 1981 year 4 He left Seattle computer products company in June , Job hopping to Microsoft . After a short work , Patterson started his own company Falcon Technology, Falcon systems .1983 year , Microsoft signed a contract with Patterson's company , Target will MS-DOS Migration to MSX Computer standards , Create a MSX-DOS. Microsoft was using ASCII Code development MSX Computer standards . In Patterson I finished MSX-DOS After the operation of the operating system ,1986 year , Falcon system was acquired by Microsoft , Paterson joined Microsoft again , And into Visual Basic The working project team .1998 year , Patterson left Microsoft again , Founded another software development company, Paterson technology , And began to make some inventions as a hobby .

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1999 year 6 month 1 Japan ：Napster establish

1999 year 6 month 1 Japan ,Napster Release .Napster Is an audio file download site , Featuring peer-to-peer sharing services , Users who hold and request files can transfer shared files directly through the website .Napster By Sean · Fanning （Shawn Fanning） And Sean · Parke （Sean Parker） found , Due to copyright issues, we have received a large number of lawsuits from record companies , It ended up being acquired .Napster Created a new mode of audio sharing , Website traffic has reached the third place in the world , It has a certain impact on the way college students use the Internet and the subsequent music subscription services .

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Napster At the beginning, it only applies to Windows.2000 year ,Black Hole Media I wrote a book called Macster Of Macintosh client .Macster Was later Napster Acquisition , And designated as Mac Napster Official client （“Napster for the Mac”）, here Macster The name of is no longer in use . Even in the acquisition Macster Before ,Macintosh The community has all kinds of independent development Napster client ; These varieties Napster Software source code release , by Napster The cross platform client paved the way , Provide users with ad free music distribution options .

Not long after , The heavy metal band Metallica Find their songs “ I Disappear ” It has been circulated on the Internet before its release .2000 year 3 month 13 Japan , They are for Napster Institute proceedings . After a month , Rapper and producer Dr. Dre The same thing happened , stay Napster After refusing his written request , He and Metallica Share one litigation lawyer and law firm , Filed a similar lawsuit , requirement Napster Remove his work from his service .

Same year , American music record company A&M Records With several other record companies through the American record industry association （RIAA） Sue for infringement Napster, Lead to Napster Faced multiple lawsuits at the same time , Lose the lawsuit in the district court quickly . Yes Napster The pressure from the government soon caused a rebound , Millions of users （ Many of them are college students ） come in great numbers , Objection to closure Napster. So in 2001 year 3 month 5 Japan , The court issued an injunction , command Napster It is forbidden to trade copyrighted music on its network .2002 year ,Napster Declare that it has filed for bankruptcy and sold its assets to a third party .

In addition to blaming Napster Besides damaging the sales of the recording industry , Some people think the opposite , They think that Napster The effect of is separated from other factors that can be considered as driving sales , It is a very good music propaganda tool . since 2000 Since then , Many music artists , Especially those who have not signed with major record companies 、 Music artists who cannot use traditional mass media channels such as radio and television , All means Napster And similar Internet file sharing networks help people hear their music , And in the long run , It also increased their sales . Do you usually pay for music ？ Which side do you think is right ？ Welcome to this poll , Share your insights in the comments section .

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2012 year 6 month 1 Japan ： Google will Google SketchUp Sold to Trimble

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SketchUp It is a set for architects 、 Urban planning experts 、 Film producer 、 Game developers and related professionals 3D Modeling program , Based on the concept of ease of use , It has a very simple interface .SketchUp Originally founded in Boulder, Colorado 1999 Year of @Last Software Designed by , Originally in 2000 year 8 Monthly issue .2000 year , At the first commercial sales show , It won the Community Choice Award . Later on 2006 year 3 month 14 Japan , Google by SketchUp by Google Earth The developed plug-ins attract , Acquired @Last Software.

2007 year 1 month 9 Japan , Google released Google SketchUp 6, It is SketchUp Free version of , Is used to upload content to Google Earth and Google 3D Warehouse Integration tools .2008 year 11 month 17 Japan ,SketchUp 7 Release , take SketchUp Component browser and Google 3D Warehouse、LayOut 2 Integrated with dynamic components that respond to scaling . 2012 year 6 month 1 Japan , One is mainly engaged in land survey 、 Architecture 、 Agriculture 、 transport 、 telecom 、 Asset tracking 、 Mapping 、 The railway 、 utilities 、 Mobile resource management business Trimble Bought... From Google SketchUp, Acquisition amount not disclosed .2013 year 5 month 21 Japan ,Trimble The company released SketchUp Pro 2013, The new version adds an extended Repository , Better video export capabilities , More intelligent status bar and a new website page .

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