Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 15:53:11 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Richard Stallman came to town Message-ID: <59691.926463191@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 May 1999 02:35:30 %2B1000." <199905111635.CAA15685@ren.detir.qld.gov.au>
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> What I saw was a short and hairy, almost unkempt, man who smiled lightly > when I made eye contact. He was tired, presumably from an unknown number > of previous engagements, and slumped over the desk while waiting for the > room to fill. Heh, yes, RMS's personal appearance is quite legendary but that doesn't stop him from being an uncommonly effective and intelligent speaker when he wants to be. If I had even a tenth of his skill at giving purely off-the-cuff presentations without slides, making each presentation sound fresh even though I'd done it hundreds of times, I'd be a very happy man. You don't have to agree with the man's beliefs, and having known RMS for going on 15 years now I can say that there's a lot of points we don't agree on, but you can't help but respect his intelligence. It's clear to anyone who meets and spends any amount of time talking to him that RMS is no idiot and anyone who dismisses him as such has clearly not done their homework. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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