AOL became the most successful online company in the world. (Indeed some would call AOL an ISP, but that's debatable, and depends on one's defintion of ISP.) They became successful by taking a new technology -- better, the "Next Big Thing" -- the Internet, and making it available to ordinary people by making it simple to use.
Now here's an interesting thought. Will a company, such as Lindows or Red Hat, become very successful by making Linux available to ordinary people? I understand that there are lots of differences between the Internet and Linux, starting with the argument of whether or not Linux can be considered a "Next Big Thing" at all.
Posted by Doug Sauder at February 8, 2003 11:12 AM