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I forgot that « sell personal interest profiles to retailers » line was there. As a futurologist he's not bad at all.

• hkmurakami 9y ago
  A friend put it succinctly: "Stallman is crazy, but he is not wrong."
  • moxious 9y ago
    Stallman as the Walter Sobchak of the Internet?
    • zeamaize 9y ago
      Ralph Nader is crazy and wrong.
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  • forinti 9y ago
    I think this is unfair. Stallman is seen this way, I think, because of his appearance. If he cut his hair and wore a suit, he would be the Ralph Nader of software. If you watch his interviews, he is very calm, precise, and careful to explain his ideas. Maybe I'm radical, but he seems a very reasonable person to me.
    • vinceguidry 9y ago
      I think that, on the whole, his eccentricity and out-there image has helped his cause and not hurt it. He's far more instantly-relatable to both geeks and normal people, whereas someone like Bruce Schneier really only relates to geeks.