Fun with Richard Stallman
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Over at my tech blog Global Nerdy, there’s a story from the recent CUSEC convention that’ll only seem funny (or even make sense) if you’re a programmer who knows about the Free Software Foundation and how they view Microsoft. It’s called Winning the Gnu, and it’s about my winning bid at Richard Stallman’s auction for a plush gnu.
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I love how he's squeezing the grease out from his tangled hair. Epic.
This is how he autographs his items. I'm sure he did the same to his book.
Richard Blute: Right you are! Here's a photograph of what he put in my book a couple of years ago:
Um, you didn't actually shake his hand after that, did you?