I haven't paid much attention to RMS before. Now that I have read one of his interviews I will not pay any attention at all. He is an idiot. Why does the average computer user need free software? By his definition, free software is freedom to customize the software to do as you wish. This means source code must be modified. Since when is programming a simple skill that anyone can learn, or would want to? The average computer user needs to be able to do their email, web browsing, word processing, and maybe some accounting. As long as they are not restricted by the capabilities in the current choices for these programs, RMS is wasting his breath and our time. I realize that there is a place for free software. I use Emacs, gcc, gdb, etc. on a semi-regular basis. They are great pieces of software and well written. I just don't think the average user needs free software.
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While reading through the posts, I came up with a good reason to attend college. To be able to spell and write a proper sentence.
I haven't paid much attention to RMS before. Now that I have read one of his interviews I will not pay any attention at all. He is an idiot. Why does the average computer user need free software? By his definition, free software is freedom to customize the software to do as you wish. This means source code must be modified. Since when is programming a simple skill that anyone can learn, or would want to? The average computer user needs to be able to do their email, web browsing, word processing, and maybe some accounting. As long as they are not restricted by the capabilities in the current choices for these programs, RMS is wasting his breath and our time. I realize that there is a place for free software. I use Emacs, gcc, gdb, etc. on a semi-regular basis. They are great pieces of software and well written. I just don't think the average user needs free software.