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There is an old and very short article by RMS on the origin of the word "hacker": https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html https://stallman.org/articles/o
by ceronman 5y ago
There is an old and very short article by RMS on the origin of the word "hacker":
https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html
If you read that, and then remember that this site is called "Hacker News", perhaps that will illustrate things.
- redleader55 5y agoRMS also created GNU which is used by billions today. Neither Linus, nor RMS, nor anyone who ever started these well known "hacker" project in their basement/university did things just for fun. Despite all the downvotes, I think it's useful to remember that.