Two Degrees of Separation

I'm sure you've heard of Six degrees of separation. I'm just two degrees away from RMS and Serge Brin:

P.S. Richard Stallman is not the most famous computer scientist who knows me. Serge Brin, co-founder of Google, had two courses from me as an Undergraduate. I definitly wish I had gotten involved with Google early early on since its a good product and it would be nice to be able to contribute to my bank account in this way.

Bill Gasarch and I were both members of the The Science Fiction Forum at Stony Brook in the 1970s.