Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by Mvandenbergh on Wednesday October 26, 2011 @01:39PM
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Much like Steve Jobs, RMS is a visionary. Most visionaries aren't necessarily pleasant people in any conventional sense, they can be peremptory, irritatingly specific and detailed in their demands.
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Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by maximusprime on Thursday October 27, 2011 @03:25AM
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Please don't compare the two.
Steve Jobs created a massive company. Thousands of jobs. He created products we all love and use.
Stallman just goes around ranting mad rants at people.
Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by officemonkey on Thursday October 27, 2011 @05:31AM
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Comparing the two is a bit like comparing Thomas Paine to Thomas Edison.
Stallman created a movement. A movement that largely predicted the ways technology and society interact. I think in 100 years people will still using the GPL. I can't say that about the iPod.
Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by maximusprime on Thursday October 27, 2011 @07:18AM
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BS. Free software existed well before Stallman.
Do you have any examples please?
The first BSD work predated GNU by a good seven years.
Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by officemonkey on Friday October 28, 2011 @07:37AM
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The first BSD license is not Copyleft.
Emacs has allowed me to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. Apple products? Nope.
Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by maximusprime on Thursday October 27, 2011 @04:01AM
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It's a text editor.
Yes. I edit text for a living.
Re:Richard Stallman’s rider
by maximusprime on Thursday October 27, 2011 @07:17AM
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Anyone can write a text editor though. It's fairly simple.
It's beyond bizarre to compare the creation of a massive company, thousands of jobs, numerous earth shattering products which enhance the lives of millions, with a text editor a few programmers use.
IMHO Stallman has been a net negative on the computer industry, and will not be remembered fondly outside the emacs niche userbase.