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Hi Fredrick, Richard M Stallman's visit to Goa is certain to generate a lot of energy and excitement amongst the Linux users of Goa. He truly deserved the warm welcome he got and I am glad that we recognized his genius and brilliance. I met Richard M Stallman in Tokyo last year when he was honored with the Takeda award for his work with free software and open source software. He shared the prize of almost a million dollars with Linus Thorvald, the founder of Linux and Prof. Ken Sakamura of Tokyo University who has developing and promoted TRON open architecture, a real-time operating system specification for embedded systems. I attended the ceremony on behalf of my husband who received the Takeda Techno Entrepreneurship award for his work on the detrimental effect of Ultra Violet light in marine ecosystems. Stallaman's speech was very motivating as was his effort to make us see that free software is not just about not having to pay but also a social and political issue - a matter of freedom. His analogy of free software and recipes simplifies it so that anyone can understand that open code is necessary if we are to develop innovative software. I hope the Linux bug generates into an epidemic in Goa! Helga ---------------------------------------------------------- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 05 onwards: Wendell Rodrigues Festival. Altinho, Panjim Nov 05 Bobbin lace-making training, Don Bosco's Panjim (till 17.11) Nov 06 Richard Stallman, free software guru, speaks Farmagudi 4 pm Nov 06 Bob Fitts, gospel music singer, Navelim grounds, 6 pm Nov 06 Fr Britto's health courses, Pilar. Till 10.11. Later Chicalim. Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal ----------------------------------------------------------
