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Meet the prophet of free software

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 4 comments
Rediff News; By Latha Jishnu 		Mail this story
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The extraordinary Richard Stallman, prophet of free software, always makes a deep and lasting impression. With his long brown locks, flowing beard and an unexpected air of innocence, he appears Christ-like, even if a slightly portly one. That's how he struck me when I first encountered this iconic figure five years ago for a magazine interview, and like everything to do with the feisty founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), it turned out to be amusing and unpredictable.

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Comments (4)

Bob_Robertson ·
Gee, it's not like Root_Mean_Square hasn't paraded around as Saint Ignucious from time to time.

Add one more title.

Would that make ESR the "profit" of Free Software? :^)
ColonelPanik ·
We love our cult of charisma.
azerthoth ·
*chuckle* Bob, you have no idea how many times I have refrained from that Root Mean Square comment.

As for the rest of the article. It would be best if I refrained from comment.
Bob_Robertson ·
Actually, Stallman has been known to sign his name as http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/4/a/3/4a3ce796c99b14a673632...

see rms in Wikipedia for the mathematical symbols.

So Enter-Stage-Right (esr) told me.

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