[luau] Eric S. Raymond On ThinkTech Hawaii Radio!

Vince Hoang luau at ml.altern8.net
Tue Mar 18 15:28:00 PST 2003


On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:52:34PM -1000, Karen Lofstrom wrote:
> I just hope it will turn out OK. I have heard many accounts of
> Eric. S. Raymond from science fiction fandom. He's said to be
> self-centered, loud, and prone to long libertarian political
> diatribes.

Well "libertarian" and "liberal" are not necessarily bad words.

> I would be very glad to be proved wrong. I have never met the
> guy and I'm just passing on what I heard from friends.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/
http://www.catb.org/~esr/guns/

Whether or not you agree with ESR's political opinions, he was a
significant catalyst in legitimizing the free software movement.

-Vince



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