But when he ignores whether a forum is appropriate and storms on with his idealistic rants, he provides the anti-open-source community with a poster boy to paint the community as a bunch of fanatics.
But I think, sometimes, it is neccessary to put aside appropriate manners to voice a particular concern if that concern is very important.
In this case, the issue is crucial enough to
warrant his action.
Having said that, I agree with you -- for RMS, his behavior last few years did not win too many friends. (Notice he only recently put a GNU/Linux FAQ page on fsf.org. If he did that earlier...)
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But when he ignores whether a forum is appropriate and storms on with his idealistic rants, he provides the anti-open-source community with a poster boy to paint the community as a bunch of fanatics.
But I think, sometimes, it is neccessary to put aside appropriate manners to voice a particular concern if that concern is very important.
In this case, the issue is crucial enough to warrant his action.
Having said that, I agree with you -- for RMS, his behavior last few years did not win too many friends. (Notice he only recently put a GNU/Linux FAQ page on fsf.org. If he did that earlier...)