Reading 11: King of the Ball
One thing I found funny was the quote "I suspected that Orem - and even Salt Lake City - weren't quite representative of the rest of the country". I couldn't agree more after having lived there for over 23 years. It was interesting to me that Utah of all places was the first place he visited in the US. His description of the US definitely was accurate to my knowledge, and I think it helped his understanding of the market he was trying to sell to, and the people he would be working with/against. Linux as a whole was entirely new and unique for the time, and caught a metaphorical perfect wave in terms of project timing and execution. It was something that computer hobbyists, and computer-based businesses, could all talk about and have common ground for new discussion for the time. Every success story such as Linux always has facets of incredible luck, but that does not mean that it can't be done again. For a lot of innovations, whoever "got there first" us...