totally unrelated to::Re: [NCLUG] Re: [NCLUG] Re: Fwd: Re: possible Qwest protest action in Colorado

Eric Brunson brunson at level3.net
Thu Jan 3 16:58:46 MST 2002


He spoke at our ACM chapter when I was at FSU.  My friend started
keeping a tally of how many times RMS touched/scratched/adjusted his
privates during his talk.  Final count, 67.

That's pretty impressive for being on stage only 40 minutes.

* Larry Butler (larry_butler at hp.com) [020103 16:52]:
> 
> 
> That was very nice of him.  I wish I could have been there.  I don't know - 
> maybe he thought he was more likely to get money out of a private university.
> In any case, I still don't think he's a poor man.
> 
> Larry
> 
> On Thursday 03 January 2002 03:52 pm, you wrote:
> > He spoke once at the Front Range Unix Users Group. I think it cost
> > nothing or maybe just a burrito. I can't imagine he got much since FRUUG
> > is penniless.
> >
> > The basic idea that people should be able to modify their software
> > and share their work is a good one. But, as Mike pointed out, it's
> > not a black&white world. The undefined, misty, murky boundary between
> > everything drives us engineering, geek types nuts, doesn't it? :)
> >
> > 	Quent
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 09:41:52AM -0700, Larry Butler wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 02 January 2002 06:43 pm, you wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 06:36:34PM +0000, Daniel Miles wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ...   Even RMS charges a lot of
> > > > money for consulting.  Also, I believe the GNU CD's cost thousands of
> > > > dollars.
> > >
> > > When I was in the Tulane chapter of ACM.  We tried to get RMS as a guest
> > > speaker.  I think it would have cose about $200K.  Needless to say we had
> > > a change of plans.
> > >
> > > I don't think Stallman is a poor man.
> > >
> > > Larry
> >
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