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Tech HistoryHow-To August 14, 2026 3 min read

How to Trace a Technology's Lineage Through Patents and Standards Documents

A complete walkthrough using patent filings and formal standards documents as primary sources for tracing who actually built what first — the same kind of evidence that settled the ENIAC/ABC dispute in court.

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Tech HistoryDeep Dive July 19, 2026 2 min read

The IBM PC: How One Product Accidentally Created an Industry Standard

IBM built the 5150 quickly, using off-the-shelf parts and an open architecture, expecting a modest niche product. Instead it became the template every PC-compatible computer still traces back to today.

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SRE & DevOpsNews April 20, 2026 2 min read

The Open Container Initiative Launches, Standardizing Container Formats

Founded June 22, 2015 by Docker, CoreOS, and a broad industry coalition, the OCI set out to make container images and runtimes portable across tools and vendors rather than tied to any one implementation.

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