Re: Current definition of a hack

Vanja Hrustic (vanjasiamrelay.com)
Tue, 19 May 1998 21:48:40

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At 11:24 PM 5/17/98 -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote:
>
> Hell with press and Hollywood. This is still current:
>http://earthspace.net/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
>
>-- Yan

Silly...

Hacker has nothing to do specifically with ANY operating system or ANY
network (what about VMS, Primos, x.25 network, telephone networks, and
PLENTY of other "material" available for "hacking"?).

Originally, term "hacker" was used for people that change original code in
software, in order to make it work BETTER. But thanks to journalists, we
have "hackers" as they are known now. "Bad guys".

Silly, really...

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