I am sure he has a good motive for going to microsoft. I think he probably spoke to correct microsoft. However, I also agree even showing up there is a questionable thing to do.

I don't know what to expect regarding microsoft or RMS, but I hope he knows what he is doing.

;/

ps, yeah he does have a strange track record, especially regarding redhat's poettering software. 

DBUS, (Security risk/bloat)
NetworkManager (although it doesn't suck as much as some of his creations)
Pulseaudio (Same as above)
Systemd (Really, really bad.)
Elogind (not sure what this is)

The list goes further I am sure, but I don't know the other stuff.

My point being, avoid systemd like the plague and poettering in general including the above if possible.

NetworkManager I have mixed feelings about though but yeah, we need an alternative to that... ;/

The fact of RMS speaking at M$ reminds me of Matthew 9:10–13

That also bothered me for some time. Now, reading your post,  I suddenly got an idea why this might be. RMS is an old-date hacker - he spends most of the time in tty, views most of the web pages there, etc. And at the same time most of the ppl around (especially non-technical ppl) are using fancy desktops, playing video games in HD, etc. For he's not interested in that stuff, he only insists on it all being free. PERHAPS he views the init battle the same way and doesn't want to promote or fight any of the init systems as long as all are free-licensed and don't track their users? Still, I don't know for sure...

Anyways, RMS is a strong advocate of freesw, devoting all he has into that. Perhaps it's other ppl's job to help init-freedom? You can't have one person everywhere

I tried using wicd for some time and it would lose the connection all the time on certain networks - that's why I had to go back to using nm.

I might be wrong here, but from what I see, most ppl in computer science don't consider his authority (at least ppl I study with, our lecturers, etc.) and ppl who do, are already freesw enthusiasts, who are not going to trust M$ anyway (well, I consider you 3 writing in this topic an example of that). Or maybe I just don't know the right communities?

It's been there almost from the beginning: https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/packag … og/elogind

Elogind does seat/user/session management. There used to be a framework called Consolekit, that could be used instead... but it is not actively maintained I might be wrong, but if I recall correctly, this stuff is needed to make things like "logout" button on the desktop work.

Don't you mean Consolekit2?

Btw, how much better is it then elogind?

Free software as envisioned by RMS is about free software philosophy. Promoting such to Microsoft at Research Center says that RMS does have balls and is just a good thing that he has done, one amont many others.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-soft … this-week/

He was also in Russia promoting free software philosophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCh8EcBrptA

Please remember that Linux kernel would never be free without Linus hearing that talk by RMS at Linus's university.

If anybody wish to do something for freedom in software, do such talk yourself.

Spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt on Internet is not useful.

GNU project and also every free system distribution as sponsored by FSF shall be apolitical, and shall stick only to free software philosophy and free software politics and nothing else.

GNU system maintainers, like Hyperbola maintainers shall be themselves in their expressions on Hyperbola pages remain apolitical and not take any side of any kind of politics, including feminism, or whatever one thinks that one shall support for the time being, as those are not GNU and free software related issues and are rather dividing community and not bringing people together.

Before some days I had problem with Hyperbola and Emulatorman will remember that. I had a serious problem as I was in business meetings and I was thinking that my sound has to be repaired urgently. So I went to Guix IRC channel to see if I could quickly change to Guix. As a GNU user I was surprised to be faced with some feminism politics stuff, that I neither support neither not support, it is simply irrelevant to me as I do not wish to be involved in such politics.

I was faced with feminism stuff which has nothing with GNU project.

If one reverts to Red Cross organization, Red Cross is not asking you if you support feminism or not support, or if you are nazi or anti fashist, those issues shall remain equally away and stay out of GNU projects and any FSF sponsored system distributions.

Instead of getting help with the system, as many people depend on my system to have their own lives, as I am to pay my people salaries and their expenses, I have been faced with feminism stuff. It was more important for Ludovic Courtès to defame and slander RMS without facts, then to promote free software. He has no speech nor mentioning about free software on his own website, and is not free software activists, he is programmer, but not activist.

I really hope that maintainers of Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre are to remain apolitical in every other aspect but to free software on Hyperbola pages and GNU pages. Their private views on third party websites are their own, but keep Hyperbola friendly, just in accordance to Hyperbola code of conduct which is written in much better manner than Guix.

Keep straight to free software philosophy.

I am also of opinion that if any free system leader cannot stay apolitical, that such is not fit to run GNU software project which is providing software for everybody for whatever reasons, see freedom zero.

Let us not judge people by their opinions, let us respect RMS opinions and stick to facts, as he is just person like everybody else, with the difference that he has done many good things for this world and freedom in computing.