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Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
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Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
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Easy—it sucks bigtime.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#13Asking out of curiosity, not to be cruel: I wonder if he's willing to use medical equipment that uses non-Free software? To my knowledge, his stated position against using non-Free software is pretty much absolute; but given that medical equipment's software is almost universally non-Free, taking that stance here would seriously endanger his ability to receive necessary medical care.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#14Asking out of curiosity, not to be cruel: I wonder if he's willing to use medical equipment that uses non-Free software? To my knowledge, his stated position against using non-Free software is pretty much absolute; but given that medical equipment's software is almost universally non-Free, taking that stance here would seriously endanger his ability to receive necessary medical care.
i'd bet many machines run on old Linux kernels with some shitty blobs and software on top.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#15Asking out of curiosity, not to be cruel: I wonder if he's willing to use medical equipment that uses non-Free software? To my knowledge, his stated position against using non-Free software is pretty much absolute; but given that medical equipment's software is almost universally non-Free, taking that stance here would seriously endanger his ability to receive necessary medical care.
i'd bet many machines run on old Linux kernels with some shitty blobs and software on top.
I got a slight feeling that most equipment runs on windows. Could also be wrong.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
i'd bet many machines run on old Linux kernels with some shitty blobs and software on top.
I got a slight feeling that most equipment runs on windows. Could also be wrong.
Windows is common from what I've seen. When I did a brief interview with Abbott Medical Devices in the 2010s, Windows experience was mentioned.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#17Asking out of curiosity, not to be cruel: I wonder if he's willing to use medical equipment that uses non-Free software? To my knowledge, his stated position against using non-Free software is pretty much absolute; but given that medical equipment's software is almost universally non-Free, taking that stance here would seriously endanger his ability to receive necessary medical care.
Does that mean he doesn't drive/fly/ride in/on any cars/buses/trains/aircraft? Because the same applies to those.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#18Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#19Asking out of curiosity, not to be cruel: I wonder if he's willing to use medical equipment that uses non-Free software? To my knowledge, his stated position against using non-Free software is pretty much absolute; but given that medical equipment's software is almost universally non-Free, taking that stance here would seriously endanger his ability to receive necessary medical care.
Note that it wouldn’t be him using (operating) the machines.
Re: Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]
#20Asking out of curiosity, not to be cruel: I wonder if he's willing to use medical equipment that uses non-Free software? To my knowledge, his stated position against using non-Free software is pretty much absolute; but given that medical equipment's software is almost universally non-Free, taking that stance here would seriously endanger his ability to receive necessary medical care.
GNU existed without a kernel for a while, RMS did not stop using computers. If there is no free alternative you use what you can.