Word: stallman
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Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos is indisputably the man of the moment around the offices of TIME magazine ? what with him being our Man of the Year and all ? but it's important for us to remind ourselves that not everybody is quite so enamored of him. Take Richard Stallman, for example. Stallman, a top-flight computer programmer and a prominent spokesman for the open source movement, is calling for a boycott of Amazon.com...
While FSF's software is very good, Stallman's philosophy is even more powerful...
Even without the name recognition of a Microsoft or an IBM, computer companies are very aware of Stallman's presence...
...Stallman is a difficult person not to watch. With his long hair, beard and his disheveled '60s appearance, Stallman--known affectionately as "rms" by his followers--is not so much a computer visionary as a cultural icon for computer enthusiasts worldwide...
Clearly, altruism must play a role as giving away software is no where near as lucrative as charging $500 for it, as common sense and Stallman will tell. People are still writing free software, however, and FSF continues to grow...