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As soon as they do, a
mild shiver rolls down my back. When Stallman starts
lecturing another reporter over a perceived error in
diction, I feel a guilty tinge of relief. At least he
isn't looking at me, I tell myself.
For Stallman, such face-to-face moments would serve
their purpose. By the end of the first LinuxWorld show,
most reporters know better than to use the term "Linux"
in his presence, and wired.com is running a story
comparing Stallman to a pre-Stalinist revolutionary
erased from the history books by hackers and
entrepreneurs eager to downplay the GNU Project's
overly political objectives.2 Other articles follow,
and while few reporters call the operating system
GNU/Linux in print, most are quick to credit Stallman
for launching the drive to build a free software
operating system 15 years before.
I won't meet Stallman again for another 17 months.
During the interim, Stallman will revisit Silicon
Valley once more for the August, 1999 LinuxWorld show.
Although not invited to speak, Stallman does managed to
deliver the event's best line.


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