On Wednesday October 22 2008 10:03:16 am Mike Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Joshua Radke wrote:
> > I've read tons of philosophical summaries from the FSF, the Open Source
> > Initiative, and various other sources, which left me a bit confused.  I
> > was most impressed with Richard Stallman's clarity, and would recommend
> > one of his talks to anybody interested in understanding the FSF's
> > position.
>
> Stallman had no notes and no slides, but he spoke for about two hours and
> I don't think he said "umm" even once.  It was pretty amazing if you think
> about it.  It was so well organized that a transcript could probably be
> published as a book chapter with almost no editing.  He obviously gets a
> lot of practice!
>
> I took a lot of notes (almost 6 pages) and wrote down some verbatim
> quotes.  I'll post a long summary of the talk and quotes later.

I would very much appreciate this. I tried to begin to take notes, but gave up 
after about twenty minutes. Which impressed me in itself, because damn few 
people can lecture faster than I can type.

-p.
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