Culture Quote by Eric S. Raymond

“The first hackers were people in software who like solving problems and believe in freedom and helping each other. They produced a lot of…

— CJS Hayward

Back in my era, hacking was all about messing with other hackers. It was a hacker war.

— Michael Demon Calce

What has happened is that we have seen a shift in the past twenty years in the very concept of hacking. So hacking twenty…

— Misha Glenny

Hack Days were initially started for Yahoo employees.

— David Filo

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big…

— Kevin Mitnick

What was once a comparatively minor threat - people hacking for fun or for bragging rights - has turned into full-blown economic espionage and…

— Christopher A. Wray

It was on a bulletin board that I first learned about hacker culture, the 'Let's just break through this wall and see what's on…

— Harper Reed

That was the division in the hacking world: There were people who were exploring it and the people who were trying to make money…

— Jeff Moss

There are more hackers breeding every day, and more brilliant minds are turning into hackers. Security has advanced, but so have hackers.

— Michael Demon Calce

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government…

— Esther Dyson

It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival of the…

— Walt Mossberg

“Hackers are unruly. That is the essence of hacking. And it is also the essence of Americanness. It is no accident that Silicon Valley…

— Paul Graham