"Murmurs of revolt spread through the taverns in the Kingdom of Windows. The flashy new Vista model King William had promised the people had taken 5 years to put into production, and the price matched its splendor. During those five years, the Apple Opera Company had staged several new productions of impressive polish.
"The upstarts from Google were giving people free software and email services, and there were rumors that Desktop Linux was mature enough to rival Vista..."