The Amateur Computerist
First appearing on February
11, 1988
The Amateur Computerist
grew out of a battle against the cancellation of computer programming
classes for hourly workers at the Ford Rouge Complex. The newsletter deals
with computer issues and labor issues. The Amateur Computerist
is dedicated to support for grassroots efforts and movements like the "computers
for the people movement" that gave birth to the personal computer in the
1970s and 1980s and articles about these developments have appeared in
past issues of the newsletter. The newsletter has documented the history
of the development of the Global Network, of Usenet, and of Unix and the
progressive impact of these important breakthroughs. Most recently it has
championed the fight to keep the Internet a public communications medium,
fighting the attempt by the US government to privatize the essential functions
of the Internet and also fighting for public purpose to dominate over commercial
uses of the Internet.
The Amateur Computerist has an online
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Contact
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Editor(s):
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Ronda Hauben <ronda@panix.com>
William Rohler <wrohler@wwnet.net>
Norman Thompson <not@wwnet.net>
Michael Hauben <hauben@columbia.edu>
Jay Hauben <jrh@ais.org>
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Postal:
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R. Hauben, PO Box 250101, NYC, NY 10025-1531,
USA
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