[wplug] Richard Stallman talk at Pitt.

[Tim Lesher]

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:31:56PM -0500, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 10:30 AM, Tim Lesher <tim at lesher.ws> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 09:41:50AM -0700, Michael P. O Connor wrote:
> > > Are you sure you want to do that, he will be screamming on how beer
> > > should be free.
> > 
> > Yeah, the only thing more annoying than an out-of-touch idealist is
> > people mischaracterizing an out-of-touch idealist.
> > 
> 
> Which is almost as funny as a zealot annoyed by someone mocking their
> out-of-touch idealist.

I caught your humor, but just to stave off any impending flamewar, I'm
not a zealot--if I were, I wouldn't be writing closed-source software
for a company that makes proprietary hardware. :-)

Personally, I see RMS and the philosophy of free software as a goal to
strive for, like the elimination of war or the elimination of world
hunger.  None of the three is practically or theoretically achievable
in my opinion, but figuring out how to get 1% closer is a success, not
a failure.

-- 
Tim Lesher <tim at lesher.ws>
http://www.lesher.ws