I attended this. Here are a few notes: * This was organized like any other guest talk held at Microsoft Research, of which there are ~5/week, mostly by academ

I attended this. Here are a few notes: * This was organized like any other guest talk held at Microsoft Research, of which there are ~5/week, mostly by academic guests. * His host was Microsoft's Chief Economist, Michael Schwarz. Michael did his PhD work on free software and got to know Stallman then. * After hooking his computer up to the projector 10-15 minutes before the talk began he displayed a quite provocative political cartoon of his regarding the invasion of Iraq. * As mentioned elsewhere he prefaced his talk with a number of requests for Microsoft. * At one point he did state "Sometimes there is a use for windows." * That statement was immediately preceded by "It's getting rather hot in here. Can we do something like adjust the temperature or open some windows?" :) * Someone in Q&A questioned whether he would have come to Microsoft a few years ago and asked what has changed for him. He said he's just hadn't been invited and would have been happy to if he had been. For those in the Seattle area, he appears to be speaking at the central branch of the Seattle library this afternoon: https://www.fsf.org/events/richard-stallman-free-software-and-your-freedom-seattle-wa-1 https://www.fsf.org/events/richard-stallman-free-software-an... Related article from 2005: http://suseroot.com/rms.php http://suseroot.com/rms.php (note well the date)