"T" wrote

| Ya, remember OS/2. It ran Windows apps better and
| faster than Windows.

I'm afraid that was before my time. My first computer
was 3.1, which lasted about a week before I bought
a Win98 machine. I had never needed a computer. I
just got hooked when someone gave me one.

That was back when people were paying a small
fortune for PDAs to hold phone numbers. I thought
the whole computer fad was batty. And of course it
was. As are phones now. But then I discovered they
were also fun and sometimes handy.

That was alo the first time I tried Linux. RH4, I think.
Then Mandrake. I had somewhat mastered Windows
and wanted a challenge. So I tackled Linux and got it
set up in a dual boot. But once I'd figured it out I was
faced with an awkward realization: no software! And
wouldn't you know it.... no firewall.