"Revolution OS" (The Movie).

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Derek Broughton">

> > > How does the free software community expect to be taken seriously with
> > > a nutjob like that?
> > 
> > Because unlike Hollywood, in the world of normal human beings, some of
> > us actually pay attention to what people *say* and *do*. 
> 
> Hollywood doesn't enter into it.  How about the world of Wall Street?

RMS isn't fighting that fight, and doesn't need to. He's not going to be the
primary person in their heads when it comes to procurement of software for
their purposes.

In "figurehead" terms the two most relevant "Open Source" people to decision
makers on Wall Street might be Jonathan Schwartz and Matthew Szulik, but you
must also consider the "non-figurehead" people they directly work with at
companies such as IBM, HP and Sun.

Like most visionaries with staunch beliefs and little time for other things,
RMS is a pain in the arse to work with. But we are all better off thanks to
him.

- Jeff

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