New essay: Python timeline. Thanks to Google Groups, naturally.
http:\//groups.google.com/groups?q=f8dy&hl=en&sa=G&scoring=d Maybe reusing the same username for 10 years wasn’t such a good idea.
1991: My first post. Yes, my glasses actually looked like that.
1983: Richard Stallman announced GNU. He is, at the very least, consistent.
Why I Must Write GNU
I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. I cannot in good conscience sign a nondisclosure agreement or a software license agreement.
So that I can continue to use computers without violating my principles, I have decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I will be able to get along without any software that is not free.
Humans are wired with selective memory. Time heals all wounds; the past inevitably fades. But what if, suddenly and quite unexpectedly, the past didn’t fade? What if it were always a constant distance away?
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