Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: Not charitable

Author:	Eric Kidd
Posted:	8/23/2000; 7:44:20 PM
Topic:	Next survey: Are you an open source developer?
Msg #:	20049 (In response to 20045)
Prev/Next:	20048 / 20050

As for Mr. Stallman: He knows exactly what he is doing, and when he feels that he has a sympathetic audience he says so explicitly.

Richard Stallman generally doesn't require a sympathetic audience.

To make a long story short, RMS makes no secret of his views. In person, he'll preach to anybody who stands still. (Actually, I can be nearly as bad myself.)

But though I'm appalled by Stallman's lack of manners, I've never doubted his personal integrity. He's entirely open about his motives:

If your business is selling an operating system, you will not like GNU, but that's tough on you.

...and:

Probably programming will not be as lucrative on [my] new basis as it is now.

I disagree quite strongly with several of Stallman's favorite beliefs. But I trust him to be honest with me.

For me, these are two entirely different concepts.

Cheers,
Eric

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