Richard Stallman's Dissenting View of Steve Jobs

Garabito writes "Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, has posted his not-so-fond memories of Steve Jobs on his personal site, saying, 'As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody deserves to have to die — not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing.' His statement has spurred reaction from the community; some even asking to the Free Software movement to find a new voice."

Comments

Re:No kidding

[Giant Electronic Bra]

lol, Al Gore? What does Al Gore have to do with anything? Claiming that he said he invented the Internet is just as lame as claiming that Steve Jobs invented the mouse. As for AGW and Al Gore, the man at least stands up for something. He might be rather overly hyperbolic about it, but at least he's being dissed for something he actually did.

I wasn't actually so much criticizing 'the masses', but more specifically idiotic infotainers that call themselves reporters and can't even get basic facts straight. Jobs was just another CEO, albeit one with a great talent for PR and retail industrial design. I don't really get what all the hype is about personally. Eh, in a month or two it will all have faded and in 20 years nobody will remember Steve Jobs (or Al Gore either). There will always be celebrities I suppose...