A very enjoyable read, although with hindsight, the portrait of RMS as the last of a dying breed on a doomed quest was hilariously off. It's a good reminder, th

A very enjoyable read, although with hindsight, the portrait of RMS as the last of a dying breed on a doomed quest was hilariously off. It's a good reminder, though, that whatever his foibles, RMS was a key catalyst for free software. A few years ago, I was thrilled to see Peter Samson, one of the heroes of _Hackers_, in the flesh, demonstrating a PDP-1 at the computer history museum.