FoxBase

The PC database programming language FoxBase+ is released in 1989. The product is developed by Bowling Green University professor Dave Fulton, beginning in 1984. The product is subsequently renamed FoxPro and becomes a huge commercial success. So successful, that Microsoft purchases FoxPro for $173 million in June 1992.
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Computer Generated Pictures

The Howard Wise Gallery in New York City presents the first showing of computer generated art in 1965. The show is titled "Computer Generated Pictures" and features artists working with computers such as Manfred Mohr and Charles Csuri. The work is presented as wall work or as experimental film. Working with the theme, the announcements for the exhibition are made from computer cards.
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Microsoft anti-trust

In June 1990, the Federal Trade Commission launches a probe into possible collusion between Microsoft and IBM. Eight years after the initial FTC probe, Microsoft is accused of anti-competitive acts and is sued for anti-trust violation. The verdict calls for the breakup of Microsoft. On June 28, 2001, after 4 1/2 years of litigation, Microsoft wins an appeal victory as the court throws out the breakup order.
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The History of Computers

Ross Perot establishes Electronic Data Systems (EDS) on June 27, 1962 by incorporating the company in the state of Texas for $1,000. EDS signs an agreement to buy unused time on Southwestern Life Insurance’s IBM 7070 mainframe computer. Two months and 78 sales calls later, Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa becomes EDS’ first customer.
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GPS

The final Navstar satellite is launched into orbit on June 26, 1993, completing a network of satellites known as the Global Positioning System. With a GPS receiver that costs a few hundred dollars, people are now able to instantly know their location on the planet - latitude, longitude, and altitude - to within a few hundred feet. The GPS system is controlled by the Department of Defense and can be used by anyone, free of charge.
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Gateway

Gateway is founded in 1985 in an Iowa farmhouse. Starting with a $10,000 loan from his grandmother, a rented computer and a three-page business plan, Ted Waitt turns Gateway into one of America's best known computer brands. The company is known by its distinctive cow-spotted boxes. Today, Gateway is among the top computer companies worldwide.
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Hayes-Compatible

Dennis C. Hayes invents the PC modem in 1977. The new communication device for the PC is critical technology that allows the Internet to eventually emerge and grow. The Hayes Communications company establishes the de facto standard for microcomputer modems being aptly described as "Hayes-Compatible."
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