In 1989 a young, cynical, technologically impaired man named Thomas Burden got his first real computer, an Amiga 500.  With it he and his friend, a overly cerebral young man named Darian, played computer games for hours, once in a while did actual work on it. Not to be outshined, three years later Darian acquired for himself a Compaq with a modem! He promptly got an internet account and saw the tiny cyber world. The new Compaq played newer, bigger, better games, and the fun continued. Years later, Thomas bought that Compaq and got himself online. To one-up Darian, he got himself a Geocities account, and started his own website. Sadly, nothing worked; but he never gave up.

Darian, not to be outdone, tossed his second computer, and his third, and began constructing for himself a duel processor system, complete with a CD Writer. Thomas, feeling his position slipping, founded his own company, got a larger website and it's own domain. Darian, in turn, build a second dual processor system, and linked it up in his own home network.

Thomas, now needing to do major footwork to catch and beat Darian, joined forces with Debbie Gates to found a second company and got their own server. To this, Darian built another dual processor system, interlinking it with the others through an advanced network, running Windows NT and Linux, and connected to the internet through one of the first Road Runner cable modems.

Well, Thomas wouldn't be upstaged! He had to have a network with more power!
And, you're on it. Welcome.