Strange analogy considering that RMS got to where he is precisely by finding nails to hit much, much more than occasionally, and much, much more than most hammers.
I think it hits perfectly. He espouses that almost every vendor everywhere is doing something immoral and it will inevitably be used against you. Eventually, some of these predictions come true enough for some part of his audiences.
I don't think you've made a point about his abilities. I do think you've restated his proclivities, which reinforces the basis for the quip.
This is particularly uncharitable to someone that saw around many corners and was articulate enough to warn us about them in advance.
There's a reason there's a subreddit called "Stallman Was Right", and it's not that he was shotgun blasting opinions and landed a few of them. It's because he has a systemic understanding of the incentives our system sets up and is able to project decades into the future about how those incentives will play out.
Strange analogy considering that RMS got to where he is precisely by finding nails to hit much, much more than occasionally, and much, much more than most hammers.
I think it hits perfectly. He espouses that almost every vendor everywhere is doing something immoral and it will inevitably be used against you. Eventually, some of these predictions come true enough for some part of his audiences.
I don't think you've made a point about his abilities. I do think you've restated his proclivities, which reinforces the basis for the quip.
This is particularly uncharitable to someone that saw around many corners and was articulate enough to warn us about them in advance.
There's a reason there's a subreddit called "Stallman Was Right", and it's not that he was shotgun blasting opinions and landed a few of them. It's because he has a systemic understanding of the incentives our system sets up and is able to project decades into the future about how those incentives will play out.
The analogy works if you think of RMS as a nailgun.
A nailgun hitting nails? This is going nowhere..
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