Stallman Feeds Gates His Own Words

Stallman Feeds Gates His Own Words 647

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:18PM from the open-up-for-the-airplane-zooooooom dept.

soloport writes "C|Net has published an article, written by RMS, in which Stallman points out that Gates is merely calling the kettle communist. Toward the end of the article, Stallman strengthens his point by feeding Bill his own words. Back in 1991, Bill said, in an internal memo: 'If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today...A future start-up with no patents of its own will be forced to pay whatever price the giants choose to impose.' Now, if only Bill were as clear-minded on the subjects of Innovation and Interoperability."

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Nelson: (Score:3, Funny)

by BWJones ( 18351 ) * writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:20PM (#11684088) Homepage Journal

Stallman strengthens his point by feeding Bill his own words.

Once again, I imagine Nelson: Ha Ha!

Hehehe (Score:5, Funny)

by halcyon1234 ( 834388 ) writes: <halcyon1234@hotmail.com> on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:20PM (#11684090) Journal

"Stop repeating everything I'm saying!"
"Stop repeating everything I'm saying!"
"Stallman's a dork."
"Stallman's a... HEY!"

calling the kettle communist?? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:20PM (#11684092)

what the feck is THAT supposed to mean?

make sense, dammit.

Admittedly, RMS IS a Commie, but... (Score:5, Funny)

by 7Ghent ( 115876 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:22PM (#11684117) Homepage

Gates is merely doing what's best for the stockholders. Oh wait. That's HIM.

Re:Hehehe (Score:4, Funny)

by Tackhead ( 54550 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:24PM (#11684135)

> "Stop repeating everything I'm saying!"
> "Stop repeating everything I'm saying!"
> "Stallman's a dork."
> "Stallman's a... HEY!"
*pause*
"Stallman's a GNU/dork?"

Re:Patents (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:29PM (#11684184)

" If Apple (or Xerox) had patented the GUI, we would still be stuck with DOS!

So, if M$ patents everything it can get its hands on, what innovations would it stop?"

Or we would all use Apples.

Re:calling the kettle communist?? (Score:4, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:31PM (#11684205)

He spelled it wrong. It meant to say calling the kettle GNU/communist.

Re:Perhaps bill should heed these words (Score:3, Funny)

by thhamm ( 764787 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:34PM (#11684235)

oops. i just read "I think Bill could learn a lot from Slashdot ..." :) secret wish?

Re:calling the kettle communist?? (Score:4, Funny)

by CaptainCarrot ( 84625 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:37PM (#11684268)

Idiom "the pot calling the kettle black"
So clearly the pot is a pinko commie. Probably a liberal too. Obviously not Revere Ware.

Should have been: (Score:4, Funny)

by temojen ( 678985 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:38PM (#11684282) Journal

The hammer calling the sickle communist.

Look at that guy. (Score:2, Funny)

by dourk ( 60585 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:49PM (#11684383) Homepage

Get a shave and a haircut, buddy. It 2005 already.

Other 14 year old quotes (Score:5, Funny)

by enjo13 ( 444114 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:55PM (#11684429) Homepage

"The transfomers are WAAAY better than G.I. Joe" - me

"Seriously, I didn't sleep with that woman. " - Governor Clinton

"Remember what I said about taxes.. uhm, psyche!" - George Bush 1

"Don't make me tell daddy" - George Bush 2

"I bet I could make money on this internet thing" - Steve Case

Ahhh.. good ole '91

Pot calling kettle black... (Score:2, Funny)

by dantheman82 ( 765429 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:57PM (#11684457) Homepage

Wasn't it the pothead (Bill Gates, 1983) [neowin.net] calling the kettle (Stallman, 2025) [jinwicked.com] black?

Gotta love that GNU/Linux (cough, Linus) side-swipe. Poor bitter man...that Stallman.

Re:YRO? (Score:3, Funny)

by dan_sdot ( 721837 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:58PM (#11684464)

Serious question. Can anyone tell what this could possibly have to do with online rights?

Nothing. Its just a really cool sounding category, and the editors like using it.

Best part of the C|Net article... (Score:5, Funny)

by Infonaut ( 96956 ) writes: <infonaut@gmail.com> on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @08:58PM (#11684471) Homepage Journal

is as usual, the comments section.
There's an entire thread devoted to discussion of how much Stallman needs to "get a haircut," since of course how you wear your hair is an indicator of the worth of your ideas.
Imagine if Einstein hadn't worn a crewcut his entire life. Where would we be then?

Re:Hehehe (Score:5, Funny)

by kurosawdust ( 654754 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @09:00PM (#11684489)

Pfft. Richard Stallman is a genius - everybody knows he'd counter that tactic by grabbing Bill's arms and knocking them on his head, saying "Why are you hitting yourself, Bill? Why are you hitting yourself??"

Re:Well You know what they say about absolute powe (Score:5, Funny)

by CosmeticLobotamy ( 155360 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @09:04PM (#11684521)

You're just going to have to trust me. And stop masturbating so much, it makes me sad.

Re:Well You know what they say about absolute powe (Score:2, Funny)

by Profane MuthaFucka ( 574406 ) writes: <busheatskok@gmail.com> on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @09:19PM (#11684676) Homepage Journal

Oh, so you are watching me huh? I can really get into this new kink.

Re:Patents (Score:3, Funny)

by glenebob ( 414078 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @09:27PM (#11684753)

The command line is fine and dandy.
Just not DOS!!!

Re:Hehehe (Score:2, Funny)

by kevinbarsby ( 558876 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @10:00PM (#11684983)

From Calvin and Hobbs "Human Echo"

(from memory so possibly misquoted)

Hobbs: Stop repeating everything I say.
Calvin: Stop repeating everything I say.

...

Hobbs: I'm a maggot with lumpy gravy for Brains.
Calvin: Well at least you have the courage to admit it...

Calvin (one bashing later): Sooner or later everyone falls for that

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:4, Funny)

by mattspammail ( 828219 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @10:51PM (#11685262)

<HUMOR>Apparently you didn't read the "Allowed HTML" tag section when you were posting. Your tags didn't come out right.</HUMOR>

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:5, Funny)

by BorgCopyeditor ( 590345 ) writes: on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @11:16PM (#11685417)

Avery Lee 00-12-05: ASF support removed at request of Microsoft
Can't quite make out that date format. Is it the 0th of December or the twelfth of Nonuary?

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:5, Funny)

by hunterx11 ( 778171 ) writes: <hunterx11@g[ ]l.com ['mai' in gap]> on Tuesday February 15, 2005 @11:17PM (#11685418) Homepage Journal

Obviously. That would be as stupid as suing IBM without any evidence.

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:5, Funny)

by ikkonoishi ( 674762 ) writes: on Wednesday February 16, 2005 @12:58AM (#11686075) Journal

I came up with my own date format once.
It went YMYDMYDY.
Please help me push it as the new international standard as I'm sure it will alleviate the confusion.

Today: 20012055

Re:I think he already does... (Score:3, Funny)

by Skye16 ( 685048 ) writes: on Wednesday February 16, 2005 @08:25AM (#11687515)

VB is never appropriate amongst geeks. We know what it is, but we dare not speak of it.

Now put that down and go wash your hands! Go!

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Nelson: (Score:3, Funny)

Hehehe (Score:5, Funny)

calling the kettle communist?? (Score:0, Funny)

Admittedly, RMS IS a Commie, but... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hehehe (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Patents (Score:1, Funny)

Re:calling the kettle communist?? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Perhaps bill should heed these words (Score:3, Funny)

Re:calling the kettle communist?? (Score:4, Funny)

Should have been: (Score:4, Funny)

Look at that guy. (Score:2, Funny)

Other 14 year old quotes (Score:5, Funny)

Pot calling kettle black... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:YRO? (Score:3, Funny)

Best part of the C|Net article... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hehehe (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well You know what they say about absolute powe (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well You know what they say about absolute powe (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Patents (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Hehehe (Score:2, Funny)

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:In fairness to M$FT... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I think he already does... (Score:3, Funny)

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