Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'
Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.
I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.
To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.
Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.
Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.