Thanks to Leo Comitale for
this link.
“Neal Stephenson talks about the history of secrecy, the role of
equations in art and the glory of open-source software.”
“To make a sweeping, possibly unfair generalization about an
entire swath of humanity, computer geeks come in at least two
distinct subspecies. One is familiar from popular culture — the
unkempt, hairy, paunchy recluse lacking in social graces. An ugly
stereotype, to be sure, but these people do exist. Less well-known
is the second kind of geek, the kind of guy Julius Caesar feared —
the lean and hungry geek.”