Richard Stallman has come to Spain for one of his talks to which he has us accustomed about free software. Well, the American programmer has been trapped on a train for more than 1 hour and a half due to problems with this means of locomotion that seemed not to be in its best condition. The route in which he was detained was the one that travels from Badajoz to Madrid, thus communicating the Extremadura city with the capital. Specifically, it was in Talavera de la Reina ...
As can be seen in the image, both the passengers and Stallman himself have held a paper that could be read a vindication, and this time it was not about free software, but about the claim of a worthy train now! Many Spanish trains do not go through their best moment, and Renfe does not usually take care of what she calls "causes beyond Renfe's control" but the truth is that passengers pay for a service that is sometimes inadequate or fails.
Perhaps it is a rude way of promoting your other service, the one that is more expensive, andl Ave, which certainly works much better, is much faster and does not usually have delays or this type of inconvenience. But it turns out that the famous high-speed train does not reach all areas of the geography of Spain and even if it does, some may not be able to pay what a ticket costs for this means of transport. Many times it is up to many anonymous, and this time it was the father of free software himself who has seen how this works.
Generalized outrage among the passengers of this train, and a bad taste in the mouth for Stallman who visited Extremadura in 2007 to deliver an award related to free software and now on his return he has seen this type of inconvenience. Other passengers have protested and allege that the train that passes through Extremadura is outrageous and qualify as third world.