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A former boss still tells people about the time he emailed an address at gnu.org to inform them that a mirror was broken, and made the mistake of using "linux",
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
A former boss still tells people about the time he emailed an address at gnu.org to inform them that a mirror was broken, and made the mistake of using "linux", and got a page-long rant from Stallman himself about how it was "gnu/linux"
...and nobody fixed the FTP site.
- davexunit 4y agoI appreciate what rms did technically and philosophically back in the 70s and 80s, but he is just the worst public relations person ever.
- cies 4y ago> he is just the worst public relations person ever he campaigned a lot in the 80s/90s too, creating a lot of exposure for his ideas. i think we just have different expectations nowadays...
- kube-system 4y agoI had the chance to speak with him in person once and he did a similar thing to me. I found that if you use a word he doesn't like, he'll just focus on that and ignore the content of your sentence.
- DharmaPolice 4y ago>I found that if you use a word he doesn't like, he'll just focus on that and ignore the content of your sentence This makes it sound like RMS was ahead of the curve since this is the standard operating procedure for a lot of people these days.