Eben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMS

There is a short talk by Eben Moglen 0 which is only 10 minutes long but jam packed with wisdom. One part which changed the way I think about using computers is how he describes GUI interfaces: as a "point and grunt" or "caveman" interface. Using UNIX, on the other hand, is to use language to communicate with the computer and comes with all the benefits that we have when using it to interact with people. 0 link to this video

…e caveman interface, where you point and you grunt². Speaking of badmouthing, my heart breaks every time someone implies that recent Apple devices are cool. They're dystopian demons that seduced people into giving into thinking digital prisons are cool. The Apple ]was cool. The iPad is crap (it could be cool, with the right OS). [1: link 2: link to this video…

…who left MIT to pursue it. He is the kind of person people like Eben Moglen 1 considered a giant. Stallman's statement speaks volumes about his character. Unless the damage and the harm inflicted upon him by the mob and the lies is fully repaired, I do not care about whatever actually valid reason someone might have to get him to step down. 1 link to this video…