Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site drivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!amdahl!drivax!braun From: braun@drivax.UUCP (Karl Braun) Newsgroups: net.cse Subject: Re: Where have all the hackers gone? Message-ID: <65@drivax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 11:23:04 EST Article-I.D.: drivax.65 Posted: Thu Dec 13 11:23:04 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:22:24 EST References: <3137@utah-cs.UUCP> <417@ihu1h.UUCP> <35@rti-sel.UUCP> Organization: Digital Research, Monterey, CA Lines: 26 > > > > Hackers aren't necessarily the best computer scientists. > > > > However, they tend to know more about the system than > anyone else does. > > Randy Buckland > Research Triangle Institute > ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb Which doesn't necessarily make them desireable or the best engineers. What good is a good hacker that interferes with getting the *product* out the door by refusing to cooperate? (note difference between *product* and *program*) -- kral ihnp4!-------- \ mot! ---------- \ softig! > drivax!braun ucscc!--------- / amdahl!------- /