Thompson and ritchie were among the first to realize that hardware and compiler technology — Eric Steven Raymond
The workstation-class machines built by sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers. — Eric Steven Raymond
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires. — Eric Steven Raymond
A critical factor in its success was that the x developers were willing to give the sources — Eric Steven Raymond
For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable — Eric Steven Raymond
If unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types — Eric Steven Raymond
In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the unix — Eric Steven Raymond