I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.

No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.

Talking about freedom, about ethical issues, about responsibilities as well as convenience, is asking people to think about things they might prefer to ignore, such as whether their conduct is ethical. This can trigger discomfort, and some people may simply close their minds to it. It does not follow that we ought to stop talking about these things.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.