A Brief Historical Background (Or, Why Linux?)

My father is a computer engineer, so I grew up around several different predominately PC-based computers and have witnessed every stage in the development of Windows. We had a few different Macs sitting around the house as well, which were neat because they were different and easy to use, but all the cool games could only be played on the PCs. I have a vague memory of seeing a weird computer in my father’s office that started up with “OK” written in green on every line, but couldn’t make it work at the time ;-)