Skip to content
quotesby

When I released GNU Emacs and people started using it, they started sending me improvements in the mail. So I would get a message with a bug fix, and a message with a new feature, and another bug fix, and another new feature, and another... and another... until they were pouring in on me so fast that just taking advantage of all of the help people were giving me was a big job. Microsoft doesn't have this problem.

Richard M. Stallman#16

More from Richard M. Stallman

  1. When I do this, some people think that it's because I want my ego to be fed, right? Of course, I'm not asking you to call it 'Stallmanix'!

    Permalink to quote #15
  2. I've always lived cheaply. I live like a student, basically. And I like that because it means that money is not telling me what to do. I can do what I think is…

    Permalink to quote #17
  3. He had betrayed us. But he didn't just do it to us. Chances are he did it to you too. And I think, mostly likely, he did it to you too. And he probably did it …

    Permalink to quote #14