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If you go up to any person on the street today and ask who Bill Gates is, they'll more than likely know who. You average person would have no idea who Richard
by krobertson 17y ago
If you go up to any person on the street today and ask who Bill Gates is, they'll more than likely know who. You average person would have no idea who Richard Stallman.
If your average person doesn't know who he is today, I doubt that'll change to being more noteworthy in 500 years.
- pg 17y agoThe first part is true, but in general the second part is false; in general, there is a big difference between the people who are most famous in their lifetimes and those who are most famous later from that period.
- gradschool 17y agoNot everyone knows who Bill Gates is. http://www.geeks.co.uk/12352-bill-gates-is-a-thief-and-a-dongle-is-a-sex-toy http://www.geeks.co.uk/12352-bill-gates-is-a-thief-and-a-don...
- rms 17y agoGNU is a lot more likely to be around in 500 years than Microsoft or Windows.
- axod 17y agoPossible. But no one will know/care it's GNU.