On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 04:55:00AM -0700, bryan wrote: > Then perhaps it's about time that it changed... > > It really is not right to generalize all hackers as > such...
Geesh, why do we go through this again and again? Nobody- NOBODY- is generalizing "all hackers". Nobody. The rest of the world uses the word "hacker" to mean "someone who breaks into computer systems". They're not confusing open source programmers with hackers. They're simply using the word "hacker" in a way that you don't like. I still call myself a hacker in computing circles, but outside of computing circles I understand that the word means something else. It's not going to change. Ever. Get over it. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
