A Brief History of Hackerdom by Eric Steven Raymond (2000)
Channel: David William Beck
Date: 2021-02-28

Original text URL: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/hacker-history/

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Abstract

I explore the origins of the hacker culture, including prehistory among the Real Programmers, the glory days of the MIT hackers, and how the early ARPAnet nurtured the first network nation. I describe the early rise and eventual stagnation of Unix, the new hope from Finland, and how `the last true hacker' became the next generation's patriarch. I sketch the way Linux and the mainstreaming of the Internet brought the hacker culture from the fringes of public consciousness to its current prominence.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Real Programmers
The Early Hackers
The Rise of Unix
The End of Elder Days
The Proprietary-Unix Era
The Early Free Unixes
The Great Web Explosion
Bibliography