On 3/2/11, Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote: > > So much about the real value of Stallman's demand from my POV. I do > not want to belittle his and the GNU project's merits but I want to > set proportions right. >
If there were overwhelming support for the kind of thing RMS advocates, it would have been accomplished by now because a consensus would have emerged. That we are even having this conversation demonstrates that it has not. I appreiate what RMS has contributed, but as time goes on he sounds more and more like a crazed King Canute . History will deliver whatever his legacy will be; he cannot command it. It's sad that he believes he can. We can easly have a page in the wiki that recounts our collective appreciation for all those who have contributed to what has collectively and commonly become known as 'Linux'. Those who wish to rage in support against the ignominy of the percieved disenfranchisement that absorbs RMS in his each waking moment can find their satisfaction there -- if that is even possible. But please let us move beyond this neverending GNU/Linux-versus-Linux variation on the *-versus-* style of mental masturbation so dear to some geeks. There will never be any clear winner and the only clear loser is eveybody who reads this thread. Let it go or you'll lose too. -- Hoyt
