content/news/2008-09-02-happy-25th-birthday-gnu.md

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   2 author: christel
   3 date: 2008-09-02 11:51:24+00:00
   4 slug: happy-25th-birthday-gnu
   5 title: Happy 25th Birthday, GNU!
   6 category: community
   7 category: different
   8 category: free software
   9 category: projects
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  13 To mark the 25th "birthday" of the [GNU](http://gnu.org) project the [FSF](http://www.fsf.org) have teamed up with a very special man; [Stephen Fry](http://www.stephenfry.com).
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  15 I personally am a great fan of Mr. Fry -- he's an accomplished actor, terrific writer and a good documentary maker. I enjoy his books, I will happily set aside entire weekends for my fry-a-thons in which I am glued to the TV re-watching the entire set of "A bit of Fry & Laurie", "Jeeves & Wooster" or many of the other fantastic things he's done for British TV. And I make sure to never miss an episode of QI -- again, I probably re-watch all of them. I follow his blog, I listen to his podgram.. I have a lot of respect and admiration for this man, for his insight, his honesty, his no-nonsense approach, his incredible way with words and his hysterically funny ways.
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  17 So who better to mark the anniversary of a project for which I also have a great deal of respect -- a project which values, visions and goals are shared by the majority of our users. A project often found at the core of so many of the projects who choose to use freenode.
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  19 So without further ado -- Happy Birthday [GNU](http://www.gnu.org)!
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  21 [![Freedom Fry](static/img/fry720.jpg)](http://www.gnu.org/fry/happy-birthday-to-gnu.html)