When I was an undergrad, roughly thirty years ago, I worked as one of RMS’s typists.
I’m not comfortable describing the experience in detail on a public forum. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:30 AM Brendan Kidwell <bren...@glump.net> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, at 06:40, Jack Bennett wrote: > > Later on, one professor in the department, a member of my dissertation > > committee, was quietly leaving the talk a little bit early. rms noticed > and > > called her out directly for leaving early so she retorted, "well, you > know, > > I gotta pick up the KIDS". > > It's funny to hear a story of that kind of disrespect now. > > Just last week before the current drama erupted, I was talking to a friend > who is a radio host in New York City. My friend said that he'd invited RMS > to give a keynote at some event, and RMS not only ignore the parameters of > the time slot -- he COVERED the clock. > > So, apparently RMS's talk is the most important thing in the world. He'll > end when he feels like it, and you may not leave when you're satisfied. > > I've given talks, myself, where I end with 80% of the audience I started > with and I literally didn't notice anyone left. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
