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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by hutzlibu on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:28AM (#37704803)
"If anything his biggest mistake was using Linux as a kernel for people decided to call the GNU operating system "Linux" and it eventually took most of the funding and development away from the OS and its ideology."

Well, what other kernel could he have used instead? Hurd? And linus is writing code till today and activly leading the developement.

What relevant contributions did RMS made, since gcc and emacs? So do you really think it is accurate saying "his" operating system is so much used today?

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Re:Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hack... by johnnyanmac on Friday September 29, 2023 @01:21PM (#37707372)
>What relevant contributions did RMS made, since gcc and emacs?

Let's be fair here: stall man's last technical contributions were when he was Linus's current age. Some people will code to their deathbed but I don't think that is a requirement to properly champion tech. He's more than paid his dues there.

Tech is relatively young and Stallman is one of the oldest living people left. Older than Gates, older than Jobs if he was still alive today. I see Linus less as a comparison so much as a torch Stallman's generation passed on.

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