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Re: RMS annoys developers, but ESR influences businesses
Author: Joshua Allen Posted: 8/29/2000; 12:59:20 PM Topic: scriptingNews outline for 8/28/2000 Msg #: 20509 (In response to 20503) Prev/Next: 20508 / 20510
I'm not denying RMS's talent as a programmer, nor his efforts to build a free-software movement among programmers.Just a nit, rms wrote a vt-based text editor that still takes days to learn to use. He is good at inspiring cult-like devotion, but I wouldn't point to emacs as a shining example of software success. Apache wasn't successful until IBM dedicated a team of paid, full-time programmers to it, so I hardly think that is a shining example of volunteer programming success. I sure as heck wouldn't give rms credit for Linux or Apache.
Agreed esr is more crdible to the 'suits'.
There are responses to this message:
- Re: RMS annoys developers, but ESR influences businesses, Geoff Allen, 8/29/2000; 1:37:55 PM
- Re: RMS annoys developers, but ESR influences businesses, Nick Sweeney, 8/29/2000; 9:35:16 PM
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