tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post3328821837759690167..comments2023-09-12T04:48:26.962-06:00Comments on What's a BOPreneur?: Hackers and EntrepreneursBopreneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18394890260699883067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-43484125010129158562007-09-04T12:02:00.000-06:002007-09-04T12:02:00.000-06:00It's definitely a compliment. I've hung out with ...It's definitely a compliment. I've hung out with so many geeks I'd forgotten that this derisive interpretation was still hanging around. (And then of course Paul Graham has the ultimate disambiguation rant.)<BR/>cheers! <BR/>DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-77113758307383742512007-08-22T17:46:00.000-06:002007-08-22T17:46:00.000-06:00In this case, the hackers are more effective than ...In this case, the hackers are more effective than the revolutionaries. The revolutionaries would replace the polluting two-stroke engines with cleaner four-strokes. That would mean the old two-strokes would almost surely be put to some other use, continuing the pollution. The hackers improvised, taking the machinery that already existed and making it better, solving one problem without Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com