[Discuss] RMS in the news

[sethg at ropine.com (Seth Gordon)]

When I was an undergrad, roughly thirty years ago, I worked as one of RMS?s
typists.

I?m not comfortable describing the experience in detail on a public forum.

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:30 AM Brendan Kidwell <brendan at glump.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, at 06:40, Jack Bennett wrote:
> > Later on, one professor in the department, a member of my dissertation
> > committee, was quietly leaving the talk a little bit early. rms noticed
> and
> > called her out directly for leaving early so she retorted, "well, you
> know,
> > I gotta pick up the KIDS".
>
> It's funny to hear a story of that kind of disrespect now.
>
> Just last week before the current drama erupted, I was talking to a friend
> who is a radio host in New York City. My friend said that he'd invited RMS
> to give a keynote at some event, and RMS not only ignore the parameters of
> the time slot -- he COVERED the clock.
>
> So, apparently RMS's talk is the most important thing in the world. He'll
> end when he feels like it, and you may not leave when you're satisfied.
>
> I've given talks, myself, where I end with 80% of the audience I started
> with and I literally didn't notice anyone left.
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