Essay RFC delayed.

[esr at thyrsus.com]

Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>:
> Only a tiny fraction of the community has ever dealt with me.  So if
> you actively spread the idea that I am incompetent at my main
> responsibility, you can surely hamper my activities somewhat.

It depends on what you consider your main responsibility.  You're
comptent at a lot of things -- but when I work on persuading people
to use software that is GPLed, I find that one of my most difficult 
problems is generally soothing the fear and uncertainty that your
rhetoric has created.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His
failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
        -- H.L. Mencken