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Williams, Sam

"Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software"

During the same June, 2000, Asian tour,
Stallman paid a visit to South Korea. His arrival
ignited a mini-firestorm in the local media thanks to a
Korean software conference attended by Microsoft
founder and chairman Bill Gates that same week. Next to
getting his photo above Gates's photo on the front page
of the top Seoul newspaper, Stallman says the best
thing about the trip was the food. "I had a bowl of
naeng myun, which is cold noodles," says Stallman.
"These were a very interesting feeling noodle. Most
places don't use quite the same kind of noodles for
your naeng myun, so I can say with complete certainty
that this was the most exquisite naeng myun I ever had."
The term "exquisite" is high praise coming from
Stallman. I know this, because a few moments after
listening to Stallman rhapsodize about naeng myun, I
feel his laser-beam eyes singeing the top of my right shoulder.
"There is the most exquisite woman sitting just behind
you," Stallman says.
I turn to look, catching a glimpse of a woman's back.


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