The woman is young, somewhere in her mid-20s, and is
wearing a white sequinned dress. She and her male lunch
companion are in the final stages of paying the check.
When both get up from the table to leave the
restaurant, I can tell without looking, because
Stallman's eyes suddenly dim in intensity.
"Oh, no," he says. "They're gone. And to think, I'll
probably never even get to see her again."
After a brief sigh, Stallman recovers. The moment gives
me a chance to discuss Stallman's reputation vis-?-vis
the fairer sex. The reputation is a bit contradictory
at times. A number of hackers report Stallman's
predilection for greeting females with a kiss on the
back of the hand.See Mae Ling Mak, "Mae Ling's Story" (December 17,
1998).
http://www.crackmonkey.org/pipermail/crackmonkey/1998q4/003006.htm
So far, Mak is the only person I've found willing to
speak on the record in regard to this practice,
although I've heard this from a few other female
sources. Mak, despite expressing initial revulsion at
it, later managed to put aside her misgivings and dance
with Stallman at a 1999 LinuxWorld show.
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