vohra@uts.amdahl.com (Pavan Vohra) (06/10/89)
OK. A couple of questions: how does Mr. Stallman get paid? And is
he on the net?
Does he have a job? Does it consist of GNU? Only GNU?
How come we are all talking about him like some kind
of object of debate and prediction (a la Bush, Deng, IBM, etc.)
when he might be on the net? (If he is he is awfully quiet.)
BTW, just to carry this ridiculous trivia to its extreme, I pronounce
GNU "guhnoo" and hope that others do too, because "nyoo" sounds too
much like "new". No flame wars on this, please. Just wonder if
others do too.
KC, not Pavan.
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---tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (06/10/89)
In <a6KY02jo337K01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> vohra@uts.amdahl.com (KC) writes: > [Questions about Richard Stallman's presence on "the net" and his job.] Mr Stallman most certainly is on "the net", if you mean the Internet. He does not have time to read USENET, however, which is why he hasn't contributed anything to all the recent talk of GNU in comp.unix.wizards. He can be reached at rms@ai.mit.edu if you would like to talk to him yourself. He earns his living by computer consultation part of the year and lives off of that revenue and personal gifts the rest of the year while he works on GNU software. They talk about him as some object of debate because many consider him extremist, and extremists are debatable. > BTW, just to carry this ridiculous trivia to its extreme, I pronounce > GNU "guhnoo" and hope that others do too, because "nyoo" sounds too > much like "new". No flame wars on this, please. Just wonder if > others do too. GNU is meant to have the G pronounced according to Richard. Matthew Weiner's news reader for Emacs, Gnews, is also supposed to have the G pronounced according to Matthew. GNUS, another reader by Masanobu Umerin, is _not_ meant to have the G pronounced according to Masanobu. I rather dislike the difference which Masanobu has elected, but it is his code ... > KC, not Pavan. Something I have been wondering for a while -- is KC a different person from Pavan who is just using Pavan's account or is KC what Pavan prefers to be called? (Please reply by mail, KC.) Dave -- (setq mail '("tale@pawl.rpi.edu" "tale@itsgw.rpi.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet")) "I realize the Internet isn't the whole world, but it is the center of it." -- Greg Woods
lance@kodak.UUCP (Dan Lance) (06/11/89)
In article <a6KY02jo337K01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> vohra@uts.amdahl.com (Pavan Vohra) writes: >OK. A couple of questions: how does Mr. Stallman get paid? He is not paid a salary by the FSF. His income comes from software consulting and from donations by people interested in suporting his work. >And is he on the net? Try rms@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu. >Does he have a job? Does it consist of GNU? Only GNU? He spends much of his time on GNU work; he also does software consulting on the side to provide some income. >How come we are all talking about him like some kind >of object of debate and prediction (a la Bush, Deng, IBM, etc.) >when he might be on the net? (If he is he is awfully quiet.) He mostly posts to the gnu.* groups, which you may or may not get. >BTW, just to carry this ridiculous trivia to its extreme, I pronounce >GNU "guhnoo" and hope that others do too, because "nyoo" sounds too >much like "new". No flame wars on this, please. Just wonder if >others do too. I think the FSF wants you to pronounce the G in GNU for this very reason. >KC, not Pavan. Huh? >--- >Pavan Vohra {..hplabs|ames|ihnp4|decwrl}!amdahl!vohra >Amdahl Corporation >Sunnyvale, CA 94086-3470 >--- trivially yours, --drl Daniel R. Lance / drl@kodak.com / Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester NY