Operating Systems
alt-text: One of the survivors, poking around in the ruins with the point of a spear, uncovers a singed photo of Richard Stallman. They stare in silence. &quot;This,&quot; one of them finally says, &quot;This is a man who BELIEVED in something.&quot;<p>Just yesterday I was explaining to a friend that Stallman is not crazy; rather there is a continuum  from convenience to freedom and Stallman believes most of us are way too far on the &quot;left&quot;, so he goes as far to the &quot;right&quot; as possible to show us we&#x27;ve gone to far. He pays for his freedoms with his conveniences and we pay for our conveniences with our freedoms.<p>Things are much more nuanced and multidimensional than this. Not trying to start a flame war here.