Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!tower From: tower@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Free Software Foundation (was: Re: Mach, the new standard?) Message-ID: <12381@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 15:25:06 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.12381 Posted: Fri Aug 28 15:25:06 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 01:52:02 EDT References: <1665@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <8381@utzoo.UUCP> <797@Pescadero.ARPA> <83@splut.UUCP> <738@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Reply-To: tower@prep.ai.mit.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) Followup-To: comp.os.misc Organization: Distributed Systems Group, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA +1 (617) 353-2780 Lines: 42 Summary: Let's get the facts straight. Xref: mnetor comp.arch:1999 comp.unix.wizards:3950 comp.os.misc:111 Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739 I have directed followups to comp.os.misc. I'm now a GNU volunteer, and did spent a year being paid to work on GNU (the salary came from a private foundation [not FSF]). I've been a director (aka corporate officer) of the Free Software Foundation since it's beginning. In article <738@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> kempf@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Jim Kempf) writes: > FSF has exactly three employees- > Stallman, one full time programmer and a secretary. Lot's of mis-information here. RMS has NOT been and is NOT currently an employee of the Free Software Foundation. He earns his livelihood as a consultant. FSF does NOT employ a secretary. FSF is employing a full time programmer and a part time shipping clerk. > With that kind of staff, it's > astounding that Stallman gets as much done as he does, and that it is > of any quality at all. RMS is quite productive. He has also had help from many hackers and quality programmers, who have volunteered their efforts. > Additionally, Stallman prefers using machines > with larger address spaces because they're easier to program. This > is understandable, since it allows him to concentrate his time on > things other than trying to reduce the size of things to fit in 640K. That's an approximation of RMS' feeling on the matter. I advise interested people to read the GNU Manifesto. It was published in the March 1985 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. It and answers to questions about the project GNU can also be obtained from: aka <..!ucbvax!prep.ai.mit.edu!gnu> enjoy -len -- Len Tower, Distributed Systems Group, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA +1 (617) 353-2780 Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739 UUCP: {}!harvard!bu-cs!tower INTERNET: tower@bu-cs.bu.edu