Nadav Har'El wrote: Re: RMS Dinner [snip]
Oleg (and Muli, and whoever was in charge of organizing this dinner) - thanks!
Hear hear. [snip]
With all due respect, Stallman is not our equal, he's our mentor/idol/hero.The group was reorganizing itself as the evening went on. From time to time a person would move to a different location, generally closer. At the end, it looked much like a congregation, where everybody's eyes were on Richard. It really looked like he was an idol. He's a good speaker, an evangelist to freedom you might say. I think he was happy for the opportunity to have an eager crowd. I would. You can ask him, though.
We all knew him but he knew (almost) none of us. A little more humility was
in order, in my opinion. When 30-40 gather in a very small room to honor one
very tired guy, he does not really need to shake every one of these people's
hands, or pretend like he is trying to learn their name. He does not have
to spend 10 minutes on each person answering questions this person might
have, especially not questions that offend him, i.e., any question that
includes the words "open source" or "linux" :)
> One amusing question RMS asked me - and asked me to ask the gang - isI have the article in print. Come tomorrow, I will submit a rough translation.
> as follows. Before the trip he was contacted by two women who asked
> him out, and he is going to go out with both (separately) during his
> stay here. At least one of the ladies, possibly both, learned of his
> existence from a recent article in Ha'aretz. RMS says it is the first
> time this happens to him, and he is very curious *what* was written in
> that article. If anyone has read the article, do share it with him.
I don't have the link right now, but it was given on linux-il a few days
ago; The same article appeared on both haaretz and walla.
This was one of the best articles on free software I've seen in a long time
in the Israeli media.
I think it portrayed Stallman in a very heroic manner, an idealist only after
the common good. On the other hand, the article did not white-wash anything,
an portrayed Stallman as a man of conviction, who will not sell-out even
at the cost of boycotting all proprietary software and fighting every windmill
in sight.
I heard from some people that Haaretz's depiction of Stallman made them
decide that he was a dangerous fundementalist, a pipe dreamer or a raving
lunatic, or "worse", a communist. For me (and I guess a lot of other people,
and probably those two women), it did the exact opposite, and made me think
very highly of him (as if I didn't think highly enough of him as it is...).
If I remember correctly, the article also mentioned that he was looking for
a woman.
-- Arik
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