Hacker vs. Cracker

[Grant Barrett]

On Tue, 09 May 2000 11:38:44 -0700, A. Vine wrote:

>  Gee, I must be completely out of touch, heads down creating software
products,
>  because I've never heard the term "cracker" amongst my coworkers in that
>  context.  This must be a media term, or a non-Silicon Valley term, or
>  something.  Maybe us old folks are left out of this terminology creation
thing -
>  "Sssh, here comes someone over 30!"

I'm not sure which usage you're talking about, Andrea. Cracker as a
replacement for a hacker-programmer? Or cracker as a replacement for
hacker-criminal?





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