Fred Moore (activist)
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Fred Moore was a political activist who was central to the early history of the personal computer. He was an active member of the People's Computer Company
and one of the founders of the Homebrew Computer Club
, urging its members to "bring back more than you take."
Moore is prominently featured in the books What the Dormouse Said
and Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
. Both books highlight Moore's contribution to the democratization of the Internet and access to computer technology. Moore was also active in disarmament and social justice issues, as well as nonviolent civil disobedience and direct actions.
Moore was a single father, raising his daughter Irene Moore, born 1968.
He married Julie Kiser in 1992, and they had a daughter Mira Moore, born 1993.
Moore died in an automobile accident in 1997.
People's Computer Company
People's Computer Company was an organization, a newsletter and, later, a quasiperiodical called the "dragonsmoke." PCC was founded and produced by Bob Albrecht & George Firedrake in Menlo Park, California in the early 1970s.The first newsletter announced itself with the following...
and one of the founders of the Homebrew Computer Club
Homebrew Computer Club
The Homebrew Computer Club was an early computer hobbyist users' group in Silicon Valley, which met from March 5, 1975 to December 1986...
, urging its members to "bring back more than you take."
Moore is prominently featured in the books What the Dormouse Said
What the Dormouse Said
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry, is a 2005 non-fiction book by John Markoff. The book details the history of the personal computer, closely tying the ideologies of the Collaboration-driven, World War II-era defense research community to...
and Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution is a book by Steven Levy about hacker culture. It was published in 1984 in Garden City, New York by Anchor Press/Doubleday...
. Both books highlight Moore's contribution to the democratization of the Internet and access to computer technology. Moore was also active in disarmament and social justice issues, as well as nonviolent civil disobedience and direct actions.
Moore was a single father, raising his daughter Irene Moore, born 1968.
He married Julie Kiser in 1992, and they had a daughter Mira Moore, born 1993.
Moore died in an automobile accident in 1997.
External links
- Life Outside the Mainframe, Peacework, August 2005