Re: Hacker vs Cracker

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 06:17:15PM +0600, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
> One of ILUG-BOM's more active members has written a short article on
> the distinction between hackers and crackers. The article is at
> http://members.xoom.com/philip3/writings/hackers-not-crackers.txt
> 
> He wants to send it to a few newspapers. Comments/Suggestions for
> improvement requested.

1. Much has been already written about the topic. The only thing that I
   see as new is the Indian twist and it's probably appropriate for the
   Indian media to get some exposure to the "hacker subculture".

2. http://www.zdnet.com/special/stories/defense/0,10459,2504308,00.html

3. 

> Then, browse down to http://www.gnu.org/ and read the philosophy of
> free software.

That's just GNU project's idea of what free software should be. 
(Unfortunately) that's the most popular idea of free software
that's known to users as well as the press - largely due to the success of
linux.

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	-Arun