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"The thought of Gates and Allen as the godfathers of a hacking subculture that has cost Microsoft and the world overall hundreds of billions of dollars does ind
by burgerbrain 16y ago
"The thought of Gates and Allen as the godfathers of a hacking subculture that has cost Microsoft and the world overall hundreds of billions of dollars does indeed boggle the mind."
Lulwat? Talk about somebody not knowing their history.
- roel_v 16y agoIn what sense? What he mean was 'G&A did the same computer vandalism that has cost the world $bb since then'. Which, even if a bit dramatic and un-nuanced, is not really wrong.
- burgerbrain 16y ago"the godfathers of a hacking subculture" The "hacking subculture" had it's roots way before Gates and Allen, and in completely different social circles. The effect of the comment is to mis-attributed something that was much bigger than them.