Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
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
This page was archived on 6/13/2001; 4:56:12 PM.
© Copyright 1998-2001 UserLand Software, Inc.