my thoughts on this:

perhaps he finally realized that in order to be taken seriously as a 
"professional" that having long hair may not project the image he was looking 
for.

also, if he was wearing something other than the usual "hippy style" clothing 
(such as a nice shirt and dress pants), then his appearance would suggest a 
true professional at work.

again, just my $0.02 wrth.

Technomage

On Monday 22 July 2002 06:31 am, you wrote:
> Don't know if anyone else in PLUG subscribes to Declan McCullagh's politics
> and technology mailing list - Politech. He is a widely traveled cnet
> reporter who covers areas where politics and technology often collide.
>
> He has coverage here
>
> http://www.politechbot.com/p-03770.html
>
> of geektivists disrupting a Commerce Dept. roundtable on DRM.
>
> Sure looks to me that RMS's hair is a lot shorter than when he was here!
>
> Dennis Kibbe
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