“In the 1980s, a running joke among PC specialists was: ‘This
year will be the tenth consecutive Year of the Network.’ Indeed, PC
LANs took a decade to become established, despite strong pressure
from manufacturers selling the obvious advantages. In the end, a
combination of a reliable, easy-to-install format–10 Base-T–and
sufficiently capable, cheap PCs proved the magic mixture of market
and method.“Another magic mixture is finally coming to the boil. This time,
it’s Linux’s turn to find the right market at the right
time…”