Gistmass Story is a modern retelling of Homer’s Odyssey. The whole story
starts here: http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html
<http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-14.html> The first installment is 83
pages long, and over 30,000 words.
A woman who hasn’t seen him since college, meets the protagonist, UV
Faust (i.e. Ulysses), and the two discuss his estranged relationship
with his ex-wife Penny (i.e. Penelope) and their son Telemachus
(nicknamed Telly). That discussion begins here:
http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Amtrak_Coast_Starlight
<http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Amtrak>
On the long train ride, he discusses his company’s involvement in the
Free Software Community, and has to explain everything to her. That part
begins here:
http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Free_Software_Community
<http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Amtrak>
In it he compares Microsoft to socialized medicine and the “free world”
to free market health care. In one section, he labels Richard Stallman
and Linus Torvalds as two leaders of the free world. That part beings
here: http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Stone_Soup
<http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Amtrak> The name Richard
Stallman is mentioned on pages 53, 56, and 61.
He also uses an analogy of the American Revolutionary War, with the
Microsoft monopoly like the English monarchy and the Free Software
Community like patriotic American revolutionaries bringing democracy to
the economic sphere. That part begins here:
http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Revolutionary_Ware
<http://Gistmass.org/Story/2004-02-14.html#Amtrak>
Enjoy,
William Dungan, Jr.
FSF member #7144
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