I Recognize That A Class Of Criminals And Juvenile Delinquents Has Taken To Calling Themselves 'hackers', But I Consider Them Irrelevant To The True Meaning Of The Word

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I recognize that a class of criminals and juvenile delinquents has
taken to calling themselves 'hackers', but I consider them irrelevant
to the true meaning of the word; just as the Mafia calls themselves
'businessmen' but nobody pays that fact any attention.
-- Bob Bickford, rab@well.sf.ca.us, 1990

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