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April 30, 1993: World Wide Web Transferred to Public Domain
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May 21, 2001: Mac OS X Server Released
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June 6, 2005: Apple Switches to Intel
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September 29, 2001: Mac OSX “Puma” Releases
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October 12, 1988: Steve Jobs Introduces NeXT Computer
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December 2, 1991: Apple Quicktime
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January 9, 2001: Mac OSX, iTunes Media Platform Announced
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