A Brief History of Hackerdom (original) (raw)
This is version 1.24
Copyright � 2000 Eric S. Raymond
Copyright
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the Open Publication License, version 2.0. Date:2002/08/0208:21:12Date: 2002/08/02 08:21:12 Date:2002/08/0208:21:12
| Revision History | ||
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| Revision 1.24 | 25 August 2000 | esr |
| First DocBook version. | ||
| Revision 1.23 | 29 Dec 1999 | esr |
| This version went into the first printed edition. | ||
| Revision 1.20 | 17 August 1999 | esr |
| First SGML version with bibliography. | ||
| Revision 1.1 | 15 Feb 1997 | esr |
| This document dates from around 1992, but was not version-controlled until 1997. |
Abstract
I explore the origins of the hacker culture, including prehistory among the Real Programmers, the glory days of the MIT hackers, and how the early ARPAnet nurtured the first network nation. I describe the early rise and eventual stagnation of Unix, the new hope from Finland, and how `the last true hacker' became the next generation's patriarch. I sketch the way Linux and the mainstreaming of the Internet brought the hacker culture from the fringes of public consciousness to its current prominence.