Mercurial Announced (April 2005)
Matt Mackall announces Mercurial v0.1 on the Linux kernel mailing list, days after git began, both in response to the BitKeeper situation.
Milestones
The events that shaped programming, in order - from Lovelace to today.
58 entries, all primary-sourced
Google Acquires Android Inc.
In 2005, Google quietly acquired the small startup Android Inc., a deal that drew little notice at the time but became one of the most consequential technology acquisitions in history.
AWS Launches S3 and EC2 (2006)
In 2006 AWS launched S3 in March and EC2 in August, marking the practical beginning of the public-cloud era.
The 2007 iPhone Announcement
Steve Jobs's January 9, 2007 Macworld keynote introducing the iPhone as an iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator in one device, a turning point that launched the modern smartphone and app era.
Google Launches Chrome
Google launched its Chrome web browser in September 2008, announced through an official blog post and a comic book drawn by cartoonist Scott McCloud.
Node.js Introduced at JSConf.eu (2009)
Ryan Dahl's introduction of Node.js at JSConf.eu in Berlin in November 2009, the talk that launched server-side JavaScript into the mainstream.
Go Announced as Open Source (2009)
On November 10, 2009, Google released the Go programming language as an open source project.
Docker Revealed at PyCon US (2013)
Solomon Hykes publicly revealed Docker for the first time in a lightning talk at PyCon US in March 2013.
Swift Announced at WWDC (2014)
Apple unveiled the Swift programming language at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 2, 2014.
Rust 1.0 Released
On May 15, 2015, the Rust team announced Rust 1.0, the first stable release of the memory-safe systems language.