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From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: "Hack" is a sacred word?
Message-ID: <131@dual.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 23:57:52 EDT
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Posted: Wed Nov  2 23:57:52 1983
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Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA
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The reason that the misuse of this word is causing such consternation among
the network community is that many of the wizards out there consider themselves
to be `hackers', and it pains them (and me!) to see the word used to refer to
system security breakers and other malicious computer types. It would appear
that the net community has (mostly) decided that the word has positive
connotations (expertise, ability, etc...) and the news media are using it
in a negative context.

	OK, in the spirit of netwide consensus, does anyone agree with me?

	a long time computer hacker,

	Erik E. Fair	{ucbvax,amd70,zehntel,unisoft}!dual!fair
			Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California