3 articles with RMS
There’s a new essay on gnu.org about Avoiding Ruinous Compromises. I guess the main point is that if we want the freedoms of free software to eventually come as standard, we need people to take freedom into consideration when choosing software. Or as Stallman puts it, we need to change people’s mindset, rather than looking for short-term gains by appealing to people’s existing mindset.
The second is an interview looking back at 25 years of GNU. He’s asked at the end if he’s discouraged by the rate of progress of the free software movement, but he replies: "It’s a strange thing, but at least in the area of free software, we’re making progress, whereas in all other areas of human rights, the world is getting worse".
And there’s one on guardian.co.uk, denouncing cloud computing. This generated quite a discussion on reddit.com. (Thanks to Matthias for hightlighting this one)
Update 2008-10-06: RMS’s cloud comments have made quite a stir, getting on Linux Journal, Slashdot, Computer world, and many others.
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