Grimes on 05 April 2011
Kevin Mitnick broke comitted multiple criminal felonies. He broke laws which were far more serious than anything these hackers are being accused of. Now he makes lots of money as a security consultant.
Steve Jobs and Woz sold boxes that were used to steal telephone service. They didn't do too badly.
Sean Parker created Napster, a service designed to steal music. Now he's worth tens of millions of dollars, maybe more.
Need I go on?
Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.
