In the mid-80s author Steven Levy wrote the book: "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution". The book covered the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Lee Felsenstein and other iconic figures in computer history. In the link below he visits a few of the folks from that book to get their current viewpoint on the nature of computing.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/04/ff_hackers/all/1