> I wanted to point that the word hacker already had a variety of meanings even 30 years ago. I agree with this, but the snippet from the book suggests it's th

> I wanted to point that the word hacker already had a variety of meanings even 30 years ago. I agree with this, but the snippet from the book suggests it's the other way around--that "hacker" used to mean criminal and has only now begun to mean positive things.