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Where Were You When PLATO Was Born?

Posted by kdawson on from the ask-socrates dept.

PLATO, cradle of so many firsts, was born 50 years ago. Next week the Computer History Museum is hosting a two-day conference to celebrate the anniversary. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie, who worked on PLATO as an undergraduate, will be one of the keynote speakers. Co-producer Brian Dear has put together a list of today's technology notables and what they were doing in 1973, the year that social computing suddenly blossomed on PLATO.

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  1. Um... by Codename+Dutchess · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where were you when PLATO _WAS BORN_?

    Then I read that PLATO was born 50 years ago.

    Then I read that someone put together a list of what people were doing in 1973.

    So, I'm to understand that 2010 - 1973 = 50.

  2. Re:So, What Is PLATO? by vanyel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While you can find out what it is without too much trouble, that doesn't detract from the fact that the summary would be vastly improved if it had included that information in the first place.