abaddon wrote:
] First off it is important that, no matter how you feel about
] his assertions, you respect the man,

Oh certainly. I have the utmost respect for Joy as a technologist.

] But the one thing I am going to address here is the comment
] that implies he has not given back to the comumnity,

You misread what I wrote. In the interview, he specifically explains that he wrote this essay in order to give back to the community, and he does this in the context of appreciating the creative environment that his forefathers built. I responded to that comment specifically. This has absolutely no relationship to anything else that he might have or have not given back to the community, and in no way implies that he has not contributed to the community in other ways. This is a very specific response to a very clear comment that he made.

RE: Wired 11.12: Billl Joy - the antihacker