[robteix]

> There are those who think that Microsoft invited me to speak in the hope of seducing me away from the free software cause.

> Others assert that inviting me was opposition research and nothing more.

Honestly, why would Microsoft in 2019 even need to either convince RMS to give up free software or to research him at all?

[letstrynvm]

Because in 2019 msft finds itself making big $$$ from renting servers running Linux and associated FOSS stack.