RMS is not paranoid, he is extremely consistent in applying his philosophy. He shows by example what it's like to use only free software. For the rest of us, h

RMS is not paranoid, he is extremely consistent in applying his philosophy. He shows by example what it's like to use only free software. For the rest of us, his ways are extremely impractical, so we compromise. We run a lot of proprietary software, and we don't really think about it. But RMS thinks about it, and tells us in every single instance exactly what we are giving up as a compromise. And in that regard he, and the FSF, are very useful, and deserves respect. The world would be a worse place without him, but we also only really need one of him.