I&#x27;d actually paid to fly Stallman to Honolulu to attend pfosscon.  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=E-lP8lPYPDU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=E-lP8lPYPDU</a><p>While he was in Hawaii, I also paid to fly him to the &quot;Big Island&quot; (Hawaii) to speak with people (mostly astronomers and their children, though some people drove up from Hilo.)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.oracle.com&#x2F;barton808&#x2F;entry&#x2F;my_travels_in_hawaii_with" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.oracle.com&#x2F;barton808&#x2F;entry&#x2F;my_travels_in_hawai...</a><p>Since I was paying for his ticket, I knew he would be at the airport.<p>I lived in Hawaii at the time.<p>Back in Las Vegas (where I lived at the time), the book, and emacs, were new to me.  I took it to read then.