The early history of hackers. The early history of hackers is centered around MIT in the 1950s and 1960s. Naturally curious and intelligent MIT students who had been exploring the phone switching network and control systems were drawn to the computers of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab (MIT AI Lab). Legendary hacker figures from this time include Peter Deutsch, Bill Gosper, Richard Greenblatt, and Jerry Sussman. As computers spread to other parts of the country (US), so did the hacker culture. Largely initiated by hackers who had their beginning at MIT, the mid 1960s saw centers of hacker culture develop at other universities such as Carnegie Mellon University, and Stanford University. Legendary hackers from this second wave include Ken Thompson, Jim Gosling, Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, and Richard Stallman. Hackers of the current age The third wave of hacker activity was born in northern California without direct genealogy to the MIT hackers. It started with the Homebrew Computer Club in San Francisco. It was this group of hackers, which includes legendary figures such as Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates, that formed the foundation for the PC industry of today.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:48:07 +0000
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