Richard Stallman replied how he celebrates New Year

The question of whether Stallman meets the new year, and how, for a short time, became such a frequent subject of discussion that it was necessary to go and establish a great truth.



Original (in English):
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Richard,

My name is Oleg, I’m linux user group in Novosibirsk, Russia.

What is our opinion on what?
RMS doing, whether he is celebrating
exactly. Vodka with your students from the FSF :-)

Enough of this!

Can you clarify this burning question?
From our side to the conference and jabber.

// sorry for my lousy English

wbr
Oleg Chirukhin

Suddenly, Richard answered rather promptly:

Are you using the GNU / Linux operating system? I think so, because
Linux is a kernel, not a complete system. You can't use Linux by itself.

If you are using GNU / Linux, would you say so?
For instance, you could say

> My name is Oleg, I'm from GNU / Linux user group in Novosibirsk, Russia.

See www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html for more explanation.

> Within a few days in a row people ask us what
> RMS doing, whether he is celebrating the New Year or not
> exactly.

I don’t celebrate the new year.

I never drink it, because they all taste
like alcohol and i hate that taste. Also, I do not like what alcohol
I don’t want to happen to me.

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Approximate translation into Russian:

Question :

My name is Oleg, from the Novosibirsk Linux user community.

For the last few days, we have been constantly asked how the PMC can get there, whether the new year is celebrating, and if so, how. The most popular version is you drink vodka with students from the Free Software Foundation :-)

It's time to tie this up!

Can you clarify this burning question?
In our country, for example, most people celebrate the New Year with their families, while chatting on Internet conferences and in Jabber at the same time.

// sorry for poor English

Answer

Do you use the GNU / Linux operating system? It seems to me that yes, because Linux is only a kernel, not a complete system. You can't use Linux by itself.

If you are using GNU / Linux, would you, for example, say this:

> I'm from the Novosibirsk GNU / Linux user community.

This is explained in more detail here: www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html

I do not celebrate the New Year - it's just a calendar date.

I never drink vodka and other spirits, they all taste like alcohol, and I don't like that taste. Besides, I don’t like what alcohol does to people, and I don’t want something like that to happen to me.

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Findings:

I think next year to try to celebrate Newton's birthday and finally stop drinking.

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UPD : on request from the topic, asked Anatoly Wasserman if he is familiar with Stolman .

The answer is here: awas1952.livejournal.com/550452.html?thread=73830708#t73830708

I quote:

Question :

Anatoly,

Do you know personally or by correspondence with Richard Stallman?

The answer to the closed question is yes / no, but if you have something to add about Stallman - it will be cool.

Thank.

Answer :

H> Anatoly, do you know personally or by correspondence with Richard Stallman?

Sorry, but only familiar with some of his works. And he most likely is not even familiar with my works. :-(

H> The answer to the closed question is yes / no, but if you have something to add about Stallman it will be cool.

I have nothing to close in this case.