CL Chow wrote: > Met him, this guy is not that bad as you think XD > -- > Regards, > CL Chow yes u re rite.. i would behave like him too. It is just a clash of cultures. He likes things to be specific and clear to the 't'. In our culture, we are 'bolehlah' and 'tak apa'. I 'enjoyed the adventure' of trying to interview him, though the osdc crew with me (including me) took the shock and tried our best to recover from the shock.
Ok, by this morning i have recovered from the shock. Here is the account of the attempted interview in point form: 1. Just finished listening to David of MYSQL delivering his one-two punch talk against the business BS that didnt stop him and Monty from blazing MySQL from zero to hero. Was talking to him about my ADempiere project also going on MySQL when Syazwan interjected me that RMS is in the building. Not been rude to another illuminary, after taking a photo with him, i turned around to find Syazwan but he is gone (aiya... need to find CNN pulak). After running around a while got the filming crew and head to RMS in the speaker's room. 2. RMS sitting alone at his notebook looked up and i tried to explain who i am and what i like to do with him. And that takes some stuttering rounds before he is satisfied about it. You know, he will ask, "What EXACTLY are you going to do first before anything" kinda questions. I got that kind of questioning in court with Karpal Singh before (another story for another day). 3. RMS gently but firmly asked the camera not to be on and what the eco-system of the interview to be. On which site will it be shown on? I said 'we know your condition of not to be on Youtube' and he went on that court of law restatement again, "I asked 'on which site will it be shown on?'". And this is where RMS is polite. He then set out to explain why he is asking that question which i did not really answered. Finally i gave the defendant's reply, "Yes, i am guilty. I do not know which site it will be on. Can we check with you first". RMS rest his case. 4. Again no camera, because RMS has to see the questions first. Immediately (you can say quite sharply his eyes) he said my first question of asking 'any personal ideas of making money' from FOSS is regarded by him as 'an attack' on what he is professing i.e. freedom. Wow.. i like him so much, really felt like Old Bailey. 5. RMS then asked that questioning has to be done at the end of his hour long delivery of what he professes and cannot be taken out of context. I explained that the questions are arising questions from his hour long talks i listened to online and he gave his own sustained objection that it is different and bla, bla.. yada, yada.. (ok, ok, we got it and just settled for some personal photos with him). 6. But he took the time to go thru my other questions and the same english law mixed with Pilgrim Father suspiciously Amish taste thrown in. And that is where i concluded that he is annoyingly politically incorrect though innocent till proven guilty. But then who judge the highest judge? 7. I could muster that his reactons to those questions are exactly the content i wanted. Rejection of the question is an answer (Socractically speaking). 8. During the talk, which i could not get in due to us trying to down the shock with some kopi-o and kuih at the outside corridor, we have to sit in the other hall which has a live telecast of the talk. We had a hilarious time throwing him questions in that adjoining hall while he is on the large screen. "What is your opinion sir about Free Sex?" 9. During the break is another episode at the canteen, but i will give the whole day's account in my blogspot if i got time one fine day. In short, it is really fossil fun and i will really like a professor such as him to teach in our places. red1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
