The news comes to me directly from the mailing list of my Linux user group, and I quote them as is:
Some 600 people listened carefully to Dr. Richard M Stallman, father of the global movement Free software and the creator of the Project GNU, during an open and free talk at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, organized by the Fundación Vía Libre and the Centro de Estudiantes Nuevo Espacio.
At the end of the talk, and while a large part of the attendees came to greet stallman, someone took her bag and fled with her computer, her documents and passport, medications and the camera with the footage of the event. No one realized until stallman he went to get his belongings.
Due to this unfortunate fact, stallman had to cancel his conference called for Monday, June 11 at 10 in the Faculty of Law of the National University of Córdoba (UNC), although at the moment he is reorganizing his trip while solving his problems due to the lack of documentation, already who is also planning to travel to Brazil next week.
What if it surprises me? Well, having lived in Latin America for so long and being a Venezuelan used to criminal events, no, I'm not surprised. Although I am still intrigued by the fact that someone wants to rob RMS, simply because he does not carry too many belongings of monetary value, his laptop and I think some cash, the rest is documentation for his trips and other things that I doubt are of some value to someone other than stallman.
Still, it hurts to know about these things simply because they happen, and they happen here; many say that «it can happen anywhere"And of course, it can happen anywhere, but it happened in Latin America and it makes us feel like an unsafe region, which if so, everyone is.
Anyway, things that happen? I don't know, but the fact that these things happen never ceases to bother me.
……… ..this note will attract comments from anti-Kirchner Argentines who will come out to whore ……….
Ah, before being robbed, he said that it would be his last visit to Argentina, due to the implementation of SIBIOS (tourist fingerprint registration)
It happened in Latin America, and what is even worse for me, in my country… .a shame.
OpenHurto?
Don't be sorry Juan, there are bastards all over the world, and some of the best professionals I know, many are Argentines.
This is the fault of the Organizers and Stallman himself nothing more.
As I already mentioned on the Linux Magazine Facebook page:
That can be considered sacrilege.
I hope they catch those evil born idiots
Well, it seems that Stallman carries a lot of cash, he already said it in an interview (which seems reckless to me). By not trusting credit cards and having an open account in a bank (privacy issues) you carry all the money you think you will need for the trip in cash ... the thief may have known this.
A real shame, sorry for Stallman, but someone should save things for him or at least be more vigilant. Surely no more will happen ... I hope
All the best
P.S. absence of accents and enyes due to Belgian keyboard.
Well, personally, I agree with you, although he doesn't like anyone else touching his bag, so he's screwed everywhere: S
That thing about "carrying some cash" is not like that. In Spain, he carries everything he collects at conferences in that bag (a few thousand euros after a few). Stallman does not use credit / debit cards, only pay / collect in cash.
The event organizers should be held responsible for the theft.
+1, surely they will look for a way to repair the damage ...
Although the reality is that these things happen in all parts of the world - because there are linings everywhere - it is still significant that when it happens in Latin America the news sounds louder.
However, Buenos Aires with how beautiful it is and Argentina in general (especially Mar del Plata) are unlivable, it is one more sample of what happens every day in this mediocre banana country; It's going to cost us to go back to being the Nation we once were, if we still have a chance: '(
Martin, I live in Mar del Plata and I assure you that the degree of insecurity in which we live is almost unsustainable. The problem is that as a society I have the feeling that we are getting used to it, or we are getting used to it. steal and everyone tells us "how lucky there was no one in your house" ... that is, if they only steal you, you're lucky.
Sometimes I do not understand the degree of asshole of the average Mar del Plata who complains about nonsense like the painting of a red stripe to the sea lion of the rambla when we have very serious background problems.
I left the subject but what happened to Stallman is a daily currency in the times that run in my country.
That which happened to stallman is regrettable because of the event itself, not because it happened in Buenos Aires. I am married to an Argentine, from Cordoba him, and we have traveled many times to Argentina and we have never had any problems. In fact, it seems to me a beautiful city, like many of the rest of Latin America -sorry if this term offends someone-.
Hopefully the event organizers take note, because much of the fault is theirs for not offering adequate security measures, and that the matter does not transcend any more.
In this regard, the people of Fundación Vía Libre passed this notice on twitter:
«We are looking for a white Lemote Yeelong Notebook, tekkeon battery, 64gb usb sticks. from Stallman, Reports to http://t.co/CicAVFXt Thank you!"
So if someone sees something similar posted, you know ...
regards
Mmm I do not know. Are you sure there is nothing in that laptop of value to someone other than Stallman?
Knowing that he carries all his money in cash, it is logical that in these places (where many are more "attentive" to those things) something like this would happen. At the very least, you should trust the hotel safe for money and important documents.
In any case, it gives a terrible image of our region, and I include myself because although it happened to him in Argentina, it could well have happened to him from coming to Chile (and when they come to greet him they steal even his beard). And yes, it could have happened anywhere else, but we are not going to deny the bad reputation we have in the rest of the world and that events like this do not help to improve.
In addition, Stallman began to cry sitting on a ladder.
The news is a bit late, but always on the lookout for the blog like any good reader 🙂
So is! .. me too ..
Admin guys when will you post about a great Debian Stable-based distribution called Solus OS 1.1
This is not only based on the stable branch of debian but it is also on top of the latest and recent updates of some packages, such as:
- Firefox 12.0
- Thunderbird 12.0.1
- LibreOffice 3.5.4
- Linux Kernel 3.3.6 (with BFS / preempt)
- Gnome 2.30
- Openshot 1.4.2
- Nautilus-Elementary
- PlayOnLinux 4.0.18
- VLC 2.0.1
- FirstRunWizard 0.8
here its official page http://solusos.com/
and here a reviews of the distro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgG4dYhdsss
and here other reviews but in Spanish explaining how it is installed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0wlS2qtWuI
It is also worth mentioning that this distro brings everything ready to use out of the box, audio and video codecs, flash, and many applications by default in the installation (as well as linux mint).
I wish that lovers Debian take a look at this distro and apply a good analysis and then tell us your expectations .. and make a post 😉
ahh a friend who did the installation last night told me that firefox was already updated to version 13
I'm thinking about installing it, although the truth is that we administrators are quite busy lately and it costs us A LOT to spend time making big entries, not because we don't want to, but because we can't at the moment.
SolusOs looks great, although personally it does not attract me enough, if someone around here is interested in installing it (and has the time, of course) and passing us every detail of the distro that they find relevant, perfect, it would help us a lot, what's more Whoever wants to can collaborate by writing a complete article 😉
Eeeeh dude jamin-samuel
That the one in the review in Spanish of how it is installed is me 😛
And yes, at the risk of being tiresome, I will say that SoluOS is the distro of the moment, 1.1 Eveline borders on perfection and the next SolusOS 2 with Gnome 3.4 will have to talk!
By the way, I know of a blog in Spanish that talks about SolusOS, here the link http://deblinux.wordpress.com/category/solusos/
Aaaah damn if it's my blog !!! xDD
Greetings, cumpas and try SolusOS, you will not regret it
JEJEJEJEJE what a coincidence .. xD I didn't even know that the one in the reviews is you hahaha
I left you some questions on the blog .. I am waiting for answers to start doing the installation since I am 80% sure but the other 30 are doubts that I need to clarify ...
pliss answer them xD
ahhh and why don't you change your user agent to show that you are using SolusOS?
Returning to the topic of the entry, two things. First, I don't think everyone thinks that Argentina and, by extension, Latin America, is full of thieves. Sure there are, but like anywhere. I know that it happened in Argentina and that is not erased by anyone, but I believe in the ability of people to judge the facts in their proper measure.
Second, because of the characteristics of the theft, I am inclined to think that it was not perpetrated out of an interest in the loot, but rather out of an explicit interest in harming and injuring Stallman.
Hopefully Stallman's things get back, and if not, that he get the necessary support.
I believe that this "robbery" was something planned to harm him. The Argentine government does not want it ... Many businessmen hate it ... The music industry hates it ... The film industry, too ...
All because he professes the ideal that sharing is good ... I understand that there are officials who bitched him the last time he came.
I had the honor of seeing him live in Viedma and recording almost the entire conference.
I want to upload the videos in a 100% free format, just as Stallman suggested.
I encode the audio in OGG Vorbis ... I still don't know the video.
100% free suggestions are accepted for the video codec.
I want to share this link with you: http://bit.ly/KZMS98, <>.
How sad that he treats rms in this way, this man is a genius often misunderstood. (misunderstood does not mean that he is wrong).
A round of applause for the one who wrote this article.
Why? xD
It is a fairly complete article, instructive, stripped of the passions that it can cause us and all that without ceasing to condemn the fact of theft.
... but, on the other hand, hopefully this event will not serve to Richard Stallman a martyr.
I would not turn him into a martyr ... just another victim of crime among the many there are
Exact. No more no less.
Off topic ... you hadn't stopped by for a LONG time, dear. How busy have you been?
Well ... it's a bit hard to say ... I recently lost a very dear cousin of mine, so the truth is that I didn't feel very upbeat and on the other hand yes, fortunately there has been a lot of work. Thanks a thousand for asking. 🙂
But we are back on the road.
@ jlop77, how sad that someone takes advantage of a misfortune to boast (I say this from the author of the link).
Worse (and honestly funnier) was this news
http://ubuntuperonista.blogspot.com/2012/06/recuperaciones.html
For non-Argentines: It is a blog about Ubuntu but written using the lip of Juan Domingo Peron
Well and after the little spam car, back to the topic of the post
What happened to him in Argentina could well have happened to him in any other part of the world, the Argentines do not have to be ashamed although what it does seem is that whoever did it had already planned it
The worst thing about medicines, Stallman is already delicate and depends on them, and in short, all his other work that he carried in his bag ..
A shame, let's hope everything is solved
All the best
These things should never have happened. The organization of the event has its share of responsibility in all this, I hope the lesson is enough to avoid making such mistakes.
Greetings.
I disagree a bit with the comments, not because of the outrage (which I share), nor because of pointing out the unfortunate degree of crime that exists in Latin America (which is a fact). What I do not agree with is thinking that the theft that Stallman suffered responds to that type of crime caused by social inequality.
I consider that the robbery of stallman was not part of the context of insecurity (as if he had been stolen leaving the airport or hotel) but rather that it was a crime directed at him.
I do not know if you explain, but what I am trying to say is that RS was not robbed for being in the context of insecurity in Latin America, but for being Richard Stallman. It was not one more of the socially provoked crime, but strategically directed.
Greetings.
Will it be people paid by Microsoft?
I cannot share that idea, simply because in this region of America anyone robs anyone for anything.
And not only in Latin America, all over the world, starting with the United States.
In the United States and other more "civilized" countries. Only Rafa Nadal in Toronto and Paris have had watches that were worth 800.000 euros in total stolen:
http://www.as.com/tenis/articulo/roban-rafa-nadal-reloj-valorado/20120612dasdasten_3/Tes
Man for 800 thousand euros I think about it too xD
I really do not understand the comments that justify the crime because it happens in other places. The truth is that it happened in this region and in the country where I live where the insecurity index increased exponentially in recent years. Many allege that it is about a "social phenomenon" as if it were something inevitable and we should resign ourselves, or they use the United States as an example, a decadent society if there is one ... I know we will have to resign ourselves.
a truly regrettable fact, although unfortunately, increasingly common in our region. here it does not matter if Stallman was the victim, these situations should not occur.
the worst thing is that they have formatted the laptop and put a windows.
By the way you have to be an asshole to buy a watch for € 800 even if you have money.
A poor Spaniard.
The lemote is designed not to install windows. So easy on that.
I'm just testing the comments to see how I appear in the statistics, and if it detects my browser / so well 🙂