RE: Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-23 Thread Dvir Volk
the RMS visit is getting closer and closer. As well, it appears, as the war in Iraq. I just hope the whole event won't be canceled. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body,

Re: Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-23 Thread Amir Tal
On Monday 23 December 2002 10:49, Dvir Volk wrote: the RMS visit is getting closer and closer. RMS does not strike me as the kind of guy that will postpone a visit over something silly like a little war... did you read this guy's political doc's?? :) tal. As well, it appears, as the war

RE: Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-23 Thread linux_il
Unless he's willing to swim here, if you believe the newspapers and remember the previous war, commercial flights will cease in case some objects start flying in unauthorized vertical paths. :-) Practical suggestion - let's just plan as if everything is going to be ok and at worst the plans will

Re: Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-23 Thread Amir Tal
On Monday 23 December 2002 14:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we are fully intended to do just that ;) tal. Unless he's willing to swim here, if you believe the newspapers and remember the previous war, commercial flights will cease in case some objects start flying in unauthorized vertical

Re: Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-22 Thread Amir Tal
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 21:06, Omer Zak wrote: the RMS visit is getting closer and closer. if you people are serious about creating a list of questions for a translated interview, please send them to me, and I'll add them to omer's and eli's. tal. Meanwhile I thought about questions

Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG

2002-12-18 Thread Ely Levy
sure lets act like spinless people in order to please the great RMS, how about changing it to RFC (RMS fun club?) if it's for his honor great, if it's to please him so he would agree to see us btw oleg the part about we going to contact RMS so don't overflow him and then saying that if only

Novel RMS Questions, anyone? (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-18 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Ely Levy wrote: oh and one last idea, How about asking him for an interview for whatsup? something in slashdot style where people send questions and he get to answer the few more asked ones. I think that would make a lot of people happy. Beside the political questions,

Re: Novel RMS Questions, anyone? (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-18 Thread Amir Tal
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 19:43, Omer Zak wrote: if there will be enough people who want to participate in such an interview (send questions that they want to ask, that is) I'll be more then happy to do the job, translate everything and post the answers to the site for everyone's use.

Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG

2002-12-18 Thread Amir Tal
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 20:40, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Ely Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: btw oleg the part about we going to contact RMS so don't overflow him and then saying that if only 10 people can you meet him then all the rest should wait for whatever, it sounds kind of bad.

Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG

2002-12-18 Thread Ely Levy
ok I have 2 to offer, 1) about whats her name law offer to prevent goverment from buying non opensource things 2) About what he think should be done to push linux in israel and solve the hebrew problem which stop so many people from using it. 3) What people can do to push linux into the

Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-18 Thread Omer Zak
Meanwhile I thought about questions to RMS. 1. What is RMS' exact position about software which is burned into ROM and put into an instrument/device/appliance? Should the customer have access to the source code and to a means for replacing the software? 2. What if the ROM mentioned in (1)

Re: Questions to RMS (was: Re: RMS, T'so and the LUG)

2002-12-18 Thread Amir Tal
On Wednesday 18 December 2002 21:06, Omer Zak wrote: OK, so far i have questions from omer and eli. keep sending them in, and I'll create a final list of questions, and post it here for your approval. tal. Meanwhile I thought about questions to RMS. 1. What is RMS' exact position about