Word: following
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However, the vast majority of hackers are out there for the taking of private information, as in the cases of the Dunster and Eliot House system break-ins. Some follow a profoundly anti-bureaucratic ethic that was defined by Steven Levy in his 1984 book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. His tenets are as follows: Access to computers should be unlimited and total, all information should be free, authority should be mistrusted and decentralization should be promoted...
LONDON: England may not be getting in on the euro, but it can still get with the economic program. The country?s markets got a boost Tuesday from widespread expectations that on Thursday, the Bank of England will follow closely in the week-old footsteps of the 11 euro-zone countries and cut short-term interest rates by as much as half a point. Why? For the same reason the rest of Europe joined hands in the first place: It?s no fun being...
...lead when you can follow? Microsoft's first browser, Internet Explorer 1.0, was licensed from a company called Spyglass. It was an afterthought, available off the shelf as part of a $45 CD-ROM crammed with random tidbits, software antipasto, odds and ends you could live without--one of which was Explorer. Today Microsoft is the world's most powerful supplier of Web browsers, and Gates really has it made. The U.S. Justice Department is suing Microsoft for throwing its weight around illegally, hitting companies like Netscape below the belt. The trial is under way. Whoever wins, Gates will still...
...tomorrow's robber baron (see Andrew Carnegie)--unless, of course, the baron performs a useful public service, such as owning a pro sports team or three, like 60-year-old Ted Turner, who also recently gave a billion dollars to the United Nations for humanitarian causes. Turner was following the tradition of the Astors, Mellons and yes, Carnegie, who put much of their fortune into such good works as libraries, hospitals and museums. Microsoft's Gates, by contrast, has yet to follow robber-baron etiquette--other than pouring money into his own dream castle...
...money after leaving because if that happened, they might have to return to work at the hellhole they left. I asked about his higher purpose, to make the world a better place. He laughed. Intrinsic motivation exists, but when you're predicting the future of corporate America, follow the money...