In this article I will discuss some of the key issues that have prevented Linux from being a larger success within the consumer sector. Sure Linux has always been a competitor in the corporate and server market, but the companies that are built around the Open Source movement have seen an enormous opportunity for expansion into the consumer realm and I for one am glad they're taking it.
Ok guys, my geek life started with DOS and Windows 3.0 and I was quite a loyal Windows follower through Windows 95. Somewhere shortly before the release of Windows 98 I started to tinker with Linux, but was unsatisfied with it and merely kept it installed on a "test" system to play around with while keeping Windows on my primary machine.
I continued to be a loyal Microsoft follower through Windows 98. Windows ME and 2000 had me trying new OSes again (BeOS and QNX), but the release of XP Pro had me hooked again. That is until the Mac Mini debuted and I was finally able to afford a Mac. Being a geek that's just really into computers in general I couldn't pass up the chance to try something new. The "forbidden fruit" if you will, lol.
What is it about a little hatchback car that’s been tuned to put a smile on your face? They simply have a type of magic that can’t be easily explained. There’s just something about strapping yourself into a little car that would normally be used to haul around groceries and then tearing up the streets in true cinematic style. For some reason the sheer insanity of it just stirs something deep inside the soul of a true motorhead. Pulling up next to a standard version of that same car, complete with shopping bags and kids, and somehow feeling quite sorry for them, knowing that the version you bought is infinitely better.
Well I’ve owned a plethora of cars in my 26 years and most of them sports cars. I can remember being an eight year old child and being enchanted by an Eagle Talon that was on the used car lot that my dad worked at. I remember the special feeling I had sitting in the seat and envisioning myself wizzing down a winding country road in what felt like a space ship to an 8 year old. There was something about the way the dash and instruments wrapped around the driver, making you feel like you were about to making a bombing run on a Soviet missile installation, instead of just popping out to pick up some groceries, or some other mundane task. At that age I knew nothing about engines and how that particular car wasn’t even a terribly exciting one to drive, I just knew it felt special. In fact by the time I hit puberty and became more interested in girls and partying I totally forgot about cars and just how exciting they could be.
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