In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe.

Microsoft is not the problem. Microsoft is the symptom.

The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network.

If you treat your beta-testers as if they're your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.

The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.

A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet.