RMS (again)

[Todd Hought]

Agreed. I've never had the opportunity to meet him, but I've heard he's
about as friendly as 40 grit sandpaper. Yep, he's got a good cause, but
the worst execution of said cause I've ever seen. Kinda like the Ford
Pinto, good idea, poor execution.
If anyone does happen to go see him, my next-door neighbor is a barber,
and quite a nice guy, I'm sure he'd donate a haircut and beard trim to the
FSF.
In fact, I personally challenge RMS to come up with a business plan based
on the creation of Open Source software that does NOT involve living in
one's own office at MIT or 'selling tech support'.

-T

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Joel Dudley wrote:

> Only if he takes some sensitivity training before he comes. Last time he
> was here I had lunch with him and wanted to punch him in the nose within
> the first 5 minutes. That is a big deal because I am so non-violent I
> don't even kill bugs.
>
> - Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirt Karl [mailto:k.karl@asu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:22 PM
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: RMS (again)
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a part of Information Technology at ASU's east campus (Williams
> Field and Power in Mesa). By a few odd turns of events, I've been in
> contact with RMS making arraignments for him to come back to the valley
> to speak (he was hear last October if memory serves). The event would
> occur sometime in September. He would be proved facilities at ASU
> (lecture hall...). In my correspondence with him, he's expressed a few
> concerns. He's concerned about the turnout as he's spoken here recently.
> He doesn't want the event to be in any way associated with a Linux users
> group (only if the official name of the group is GNU/Linux).
>
> My questions to all of you are: Do you want him to come back to the
> valley to speak in September? What do you think the turnout would be?
> What was done for him last time he came here? Is anyone interested in
> helping to coordinate the event (get the word out to other interested
> folks in Tucson and Flagstaff and other groups like SAGE or the Perl
> users group)?
>
> For my part, I can coordinate the ASU end of things and be an interface.
> Possibly on campus publicity. I'm not sure what other resources are
> necessary. Those of you who helped bring him last time will have some
> insight for me I hope.
>
> Let me know what your interest level is and if you have any suggestions.
>
>
> Thanks, Kirt
>
> --
> W. Kirt Karl
> Information Technology
> Arizona State University, East
> Phone:  (480) 727 - 1844
> Fax:    (480) 727 - 1197
>
>





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