The Timeline Of Computer Hackers And The Hacker Ethic: Amazing Look At Early Computer Pioneers: Hacker Ethnic Origin

by Leeanna Scheaffer

If you work within the field of computing and have an interest in how and why things have developed the way they have, then this book is one that you really should get. In this context, "Hacker" is not a pejorative term; it does not refer to the people that set out to maliciously damage systems, but rather to those that tried to understand how and why things work the way they do, by deconstructing them and then trying to make them work more efficiently.
The author provides details of how many of the pioneers of modern computing honed their skills; the relationships between the various people and also try to give an insight into their thinking. It's clear that in many cases, no one was particularly driven to go down a particular route, they were just trying to see what they could do. It's equally clear that some of the development was the result of external forces from people that probably knew little if anything about the potential of the coming computer revolution.
This book provides the origins and history of electronic intruders that includes the first written "code of ethics" of the computer underground.

48 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2021