Forget RMS, fly Dr.NU up from Peru!

[Alan Dayley]

Derek is very correct.  RMS serves a purpose and obviously has gotten the 
message across to some very important people.  He and the GNU group have done 
and continue to do fabulous work bringing non-monopoly software for all of us 
to enjoy.

I am grateful for these efforts.  In any story of the free software movement, 
RMS cannot be ignored or even left out.  He holds a prominent place that 
deserves recognition, whether we like him personally and hist methods or not.

Thank you for the reminder to me of these facts.

Alan

On Monday 06 May 2002 01:17 pm, you wrote:
> I find it near hilarious that this list is so impressed by Peru and the
> statements they make.  I ask all that were applauding yet were flaming
> GNU\Linux and RMS to step back and look at the situation.
>
> They are calling it 'Free Software' and not 'Open Source' and there is a
> reason for that.  RMS has made several visits to Brazil, Argentina and Peru
> to meet with their heads of state on getting 'Free Software' in place in
> these countries.  So why we like to call him foul smelling and obnoxiously
> rude etc, he is sitting in dinners with head of state of most of South
> America making a difference.
>
> Note the links given were cached google pages from gnu.org in peruvian. 
> http://www.gnu.org.pe .  This also is no coincedence.  So why we all like
> to say FSF is good for nothing zealotary, I think you should take a moment
> to reflect that while at times what they do can be 'corny' and RMS has
> little manners at times, they really do serve a purpose and its not 'how to
> make money selling free software' ;)
>
> -Derek
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