28 Oct
1998
28 Oct
'98
11:17 p.m.
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, D. Peschel wrote:
I think the trick is to find a company that strikes a
balance between
its own interests and the interests of hackers. (No, I don't have any
suggestions.)
Providing a channel so hackers can say, "Gee, this is neat, I'd like it!"
is a worthy thing. Having employees "break" stuff so they can get it is
not a worthy thing.
When I worked for Western Electric in the mid-70's they had suffered from
above to such an extent that ALL trash was crushed and compacted. So I
stood spell bound in anger and watched as 11 PDP-8's where systematically
disassembled and crushed.
It was a very sad day....
BC