A hacker was a programmer -- someone who hacked out computer code. Hackers were visionaries who could see new ways to use computers, creating programs that no one else could conceive. They were the pioneers of the computer industry, building everything from small applications to operating systems.
Then the rest of it went to hell. They called yahoo mashup developers hackers! Big WTF. At least Stallman and Wozniak were mentioned as famous hackers.
A hacker was a programmer -- someone who hacked out computer code. Hackers were visionaries who could see new ways to use computers, creating programs that no one else could conceive. They were the pioneers of the computer industry, building everything from small applications to operating systems.
Then the rest of it went to hell. They called yahoo mashup developers hackers! Big WTF. At least Stallman and Wozniak were mentioned as famous hackers.