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RMS is an extremist. I don't think it's reasonable to be upset that there isn't high-quality free software for every possible niche.

• vinceguidry 10y ago
  RMS is more of a realist than people think. He doesn't believe in owning phones, but he'll gladly use someone else's who has decided to make that tradeoff. He's well-aware of the fact that the proprietary regime leads to more software in more niches. He chooses to stand as a beacon of light to those who want a better world. He considers his efforts to have been wildly successful.
  • CharlesW 10y ago
    > He doesn't believe in owning phones, but he'll gladly use someone else's who has decided to make that tradeoff. Makes sense. I don't eat meat, but I'll eat the meat of someone else who's decided to make that tradeoff.
    • vinceguidry 10y ago
      I don't know why people always assume other's positions boil down to illogic. People don't eat meat for many reasons. Those reasons may or may not include a moral component. If it does include a moral component, there are varying amounts of pragmatism you can add to it. I eat meat, but I'd happily switch over to vegetarianism if, say, I lived in India and the vegetarian food there is amazing, and everyone around me was also eating vegetarian.
    • DonHopkins 10y ago
      If God had meant us not to eat people, he wouldn't have made us of meat.
      • vinceguidry 10y ago
        "Oh, there's a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat! That's what I've been trying to tell you."
  • throwanem 10y ago
    > RMS is more of a realist than people think. > He considers his efforts to have been wildly successful.