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An anonymous reader writes "All About Linux is running a transcript of a recent talk given by Richard Stallman at the Australian National University. Stallman discussed various issues facing GNU like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Digital Rights Management, about why one should not install sun's java on your computer, his views on Opensource as well as why he thinks people should address Linux distribution as GNU/Linux."
Boooooo!
Seems he only ever posts when a topic has an opening for a pro-Microsoft slogan. NOT THAT THIS IS BAD IN ITSELF, but I've seen people banned for less negative moderation than he's had.
I find it suspicious, however, that he posts so exclusively in this one topic. It's one thing to have dissenting views. It's another matter if your sole purpose in visiting a site is to throw those views in everyone's face.
I'm in favour of diversification of Slashdot's 'culture', and sometimes I despair at the blandness of the opinions expressed here, but this kind of crap is not the solution, it's just trolling.
stallman is saying he wants software free but he isnt keeping it free ... his is making sure his name gnu is with linux which is what non free software does ... it makes sure thier name is with it ... stallman is so blind sided by his views he doesnt even relize that his software is not free it has to have the name GNU or else ... the dude is going to die a lonely virgin
The World Is Yours ~ Tony Montana
Finally. Someone who actually figured out that this guy is a great preacher, but mostly just a kook. I mean come on. It's just a computer. And as long as it just works, 9 out of 10 people don't care whether there's Windows, *nix, or a heroin-addicted albino squirrel under the hood.
And don't tell me I "just don't get it". I'm a computer geek. I run Windows, Linux, and occasionally OSx86 computers. And I still say that. Okay?
I make websites and stuff. Buy one.
Stallman is a communist. He seems to think that all software should be free. I am all for open source and improvements made by people much smarter than me, but if someone comes up with an orignal idea and wants to charge for it, what's the big deal? In the free market, if we do not want your solution, we will not buy it. I for one do think that all software should be free, yes even Linux. Again, it is up to the individual.