'Yesterday'

• Workstations were Windows 95, Windows 98, NT Workstation, DSL/Cable modems

• Servers were Windows NT

• Redhat goes IPO with a major splash

• New distributions, major backing from IBM, Intel, etc

• DOJ case against Microsoft

• The Internet explodes in size

• Hackers, crackers, SPAM mail, and Denial of Service attacks

• Linux is ready for the business world