Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction

Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction by saint-loup on Thursday October 27, 2011 @06:53PM (#3165990)

>>>It pains me to see so many people, who quite likely rely on emacs, Xcode with gcc, gnu coreutils, or an operating system that would've never been possible without the Free software movement, sit around and ridicule RMS because he eats toe jam or really, really likes parrots.

He made some quite important things twenty or thirthy years ago that are still useful or relevant nowadays. So what? It doesn't entitle him to be a pretentious, hypocritical "I know what's best for you" moron.

I'm sorry for the rudeness, but enough with the cult of personality, please.

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Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction by meric on Thursday October 27, 2011 @07:30PM (#3166109)

If Jobs was alive, but didn't manage to build any more new products opening new markets in the next twenty years, your message would quite aptly apply to him too.

"Jobs made some quite important things twenty or thirthy years ago that are still useful or relevant nowadays. So what? It doesn't entitle him to be a pretentious, hypocritical "I know what's best for you" moron. I'm sorry for the rudeness, but enough with the cult of personality, please."

Unfortunately he's gone, and we won't be able to tell.

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Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction by LokiSnake on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:21PM (#3166274)

He did introduce the original Macintosh 17 years ago (1984). Sure, past performance doesn't necessarily mean much, but Jobs has had a hand in so many different areas.

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Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction by handelaar on Thursday October 27, 2011 @11:09PM (#3166816)

27.

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Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction by wnight on Friday October 28, 2011 @12:15AM (#3166978)

Exactly, you have nothing to say. He just bothers you because he's got standards and lives up to them.

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