27 Apr
2002
27 Apr
'02
5:38 a.m.
Doc wrote:
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Well, Doc, if you even *look* like you're going to do something vitally
productive and significant, or use your established reputation, in a
manner that in any way inconveniences anyone as a result of their own
arrogance, unearned privilege, cupidity, or megalomania, even if they
have to project that inconvenience in there, you might just want to keep
it to yourself, if that's an option.
I offer R.D. Laing, Oppenheimer, and Hemingway, as obvious examples.
Plenty more where they came from.
jbdigriz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Doc wrote:
Eeewww!
And yes, I meant in the late '80s...
If I do something vitally productive and significant, and then become
senile and/or insane, I hope that the world doesn't _keep_ treating my
pronouncements as vitally significant. I'm not implying that RMS is
either senile or insane, but I think it's an accurate analogy.
Doc Richard M. Stallman not only didn't invent
open software, he didn't
coin the term. He DID provide a very critically imporatant rallying
point and a charismatic front for the computing/coding community.
Charismatic? Ok, maybe in his early years, but I don't call picking at
your toenails and eating the harvest during an interview very
"charismatic".