“Power. Money. Intrigue. Art. Violence. Innovation.
Philosophy. Emulation. Influence. Change. Sound interesting? Read
on….“
“It’s no accident that history classes are divided into pre- and
post-Renaissance. Likewise, computer geeks of the future will look
on these years as the time when everything changed for the
industry. We looked at the system and disliked it, so we changed
it. UNIX too behemoth-like for your tastes? Create your own
operating system. Don’t like the way a particular program behaves?
Rewrite it, or write your own. The attitude of our community is,
“If it’s broken, fix it… and then make the fix available, so
everyone doesn’t have to do the same thing.” In many ways, this
credo is a new way of thinking in a world where art has gone the
way of corporatism and no one just does anything for fun
anymore.”
“So what? We’ve been doing this for years. What has set 1999
apart from all the years that preceded it, and shaped this
community into a force to be reckoned with in the world outside our
walls? The answer is the same thing that brought about the Italian
Renaissance and ultimately led to the development of Western
civilization as we know it. As my history professor Dr. Gerberding
would say, carefully enunciating both syllables for extra
emphasis….”