On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Federico Sevilla III wrote: .. > I hope I won't be alone in trying to do something to straighten out what > we seem to commonly see as a horrid misuse of the term hacker. I cc'd the > list all my replies to Erwin and Joey so you didn't miss out on any of the > thoughts I shared with them during the past two days.
To be perfectly honest, "methinks Jijo doth protest too much." The public -- which is what Oliva and Alarilla care about -- don't make a distinction, and to them the common-usage term is "hacker." That's why some people say "pizza pie" even if that's redundant. Attempting to show up the INQ7 people for their using of the common term was, in my opinion, a waste of breath. And I don't think you gained Mr Oliva as a fan. -- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
