Comment by SlowTao
20 days ago
Having spoken to Stallman over the years many times. One of the most difficult people to talk to, but completely spot on with his ideas.
20 days ago
Having spoken to Stallman over the years many times. One of the most difficult people to talk to, but completely spot on with his ideas.
> completely spot on with his ideas.
Which ideas? I've read ideas from him that were borderline scandalous. I wouldn't say that 100% of what he ever said was "completely spot on".
Now if we are talking about the subset of his ideas that were completely spot on, then yeah, they are completely spot on :-).
I guess my point is that one can agree with a subset of his ideas and still dislike the guy. And I don't see why those ideas couldn't live without him. Especially if they are completely spot on. I don't get the cult of personality, not only for Stallman.
Just talking about his views on software and technology. When it comes to stuff outside that, I get his logic but damn he misses on a lot of things. Some very notable over the years. ;)