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He speaks three languages--English, French and Spanish and has also studied the Bahasa Indonesia. But the language he is most famous for is one that has helped create a platform that has touched communities and nations worldwide: the GNU/Linux operating system.
Richard M. Stallman, 51, is one of the industry’s most controversial figures, known for his strong and very vocal convictions that the existence of proprietary software is perilous to software development.
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