RMS is an extremist and extremism is bad, right? But he's an extremist about Freedom and we need people like that. What purpose is served by this ridicule? He has contributed so much to our lives. I've been a software engineer for 20 years and I told a friend just yesterday that The Perl Cookbook is the best programming book I've ever read; so it really saddens me to read this piece by Tom.
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RMS is an extremist and extremism is bad, right? But he's an extremist about Freedom and we need people like that. What purpose is served by this ridicule? He has contributed so much to our lives. I've been a software engineer for 20 years and I told a friend just yesterday that The Perl Cookbook is the best programming book I've ever read; so it really saddens me to read this piece by Tom.