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When Stallman is Attacked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the problem-with-zealots dept.

writes "Linux Tech Daily has an editorial slamming a recent Forbes.com attack piece on Richard Stallman and GPLv3. Loved or hated, do you agree with the author that the piece is FUD and completely unprofessional? Love him or hate him, is this unfair treatment of rms? Does he leave himself open to these kinds of attacks with his behavior?" The problem with the editorial of course is that many of the points made in the original Forbes piece are completely valid and true. So basically you get to choose between the linux zealot, and a writer who is obviously fairly hostile towards Stallman's ideas.

3 of 562 comments (clear)

  1. Irrelevant by robpoe · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Stallman might have been able to put into words what others wanted ... in the 1990's.

    This is 2006.

    I think Stallman is proving himself more and more irrelevant as time goes by.

    I think overall, he is actually now hurting the revolution he started.

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    = Grow a brain...
  2. Trash bin of history by Visceral+Monkey · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He's irrelevant and has been for quite a while now. The entire thing has evolved beyond him now and he's desperate to force the open source movement to go in the direction he wants. Only it won't, nor should it. He gives open source a very bad name, is an embarrassment and is the poster boy for all that's wrong with open source in general.

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    *Fortitudo, aequitas, fidelitas.*
  3. Re:Isn't RMS irrelevant already? by NosTROLLdamus · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yeah,..mod me down now.

    Oh, you're such the rebel!