[ale] Supporters of O'Reilly and other butthead Imbeciles

[stephen]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 08:59:11AM -0400, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Thursday 17 October 2002 07:06 am, cfowler wrote:
> > The problem with RMS is that he needs to get a real job.  One that
> > depends on the revenue generated by software sales to make his
> > paycheck.  His views on all software should be free are a little too
> > strong for me.
> 
> Isn't that exactly what he did?  He made a job for himself writing free 
> software.  People that liked the software would pay do get printed 
> documentation, or the entire distribution on tape.  And he made a 
> living at it.  Later he got a genius grant, of course, but he did 
> exactly what you want him to do.

Kinda OT, but there was a good interview with him recently in
ACM Crossroads that gives some insight into his daily life.

	http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds8-4/dayinlife.html

> His views are stronger than mine, but give him credit.  He believes in 
> something strongly enough that he did bet his livelyhood on it--and 
> won!

Agreed, as critical as people can be of his views, you have
to respect his dedication and inspiration he's given others
wrt creating free software.

stephen

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