Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpwala!hpavla!rowland From: rowland@hpavla.HP.COM (Fred Rowland) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Author seeks help Message-ID: <1130010@hpavla.HP.COM> Date: 10 Nov 89 12:30:45 GMT References: <14468@well.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Avondale Division Lines: 11 Sure, the press reinvented the word hacker, but they gave it a brand new meaning with criminal connotations. It would be best if the distorted meaning were to die. We certainly don't need another book to perpetuate an insult to people interested in computers and how they work. Forget it. Fred Rowland Hewlett-Packard/Avondale division