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For those of us who remember the good ole' days of computers this is a fun walk down memory lane. For younger computer users...it's a blueprint for how we got here...what we believed then (and still DO to a degree) about information. Meet the guys who wrote the rules...meet the gamers and the lamers, the phreakers and the information junkies of the 20th century.You will be amazed at how humble the revolution's beginnings really were...and how easily we were amused. Yeah, it's a well used phrase but this is a FUN read...for computer users of ANY age.
I loved the part about Bill Gates! Read this and you will understand much about the "genius" behind the man, and the abrasion once-upon-a-time created between him and the rest of the world. (Much of the Microsoft--Gates--backlash today is a mere extension of what occurred back then, at the hacker meetings, when Gates was only 19 yrs. old).
Likewise, much of the substance of what is now known as "open-source" is also an extension of how things were in the beginning of computers. Call it an extension, call it a revival, but the "hacker ethic" (as described in the book) is, in my opinion, the true seed of what has become the biggest phenomenom (the open-source movement) in the software industry today.
This book should be a recommended reading for computer science and MIS students in all responsible minded universities and colleges. The ideas expressed in this book are not about computers, not about machines. They are about people--their feelings, dreams, motivations, AND MORALS.
And it is about a vision. A vision that applies to one's work--whether in computers or not--to help others, and contribute one's part to make the world a better place for the next person.
All those fuzzy things aside, this book is impeccable in its style and content. My regards to the authors, editors, publishers, and interviewees of this book.
... Lesen Sie weiter... ›There are only a few books I would ever re-read and this is one of them. In particular, Part One and the Epilogue are wonderful depictions of the true enjoyment of computing.
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