It seem that he may have an antagonism with ESR or he thinks ESR lack hacker creds. In his previous comment about ESR, he said that ESR isn't a great coder and

It seem that he may have an antagonism with ESR or he thinks ESR lack hacker creds. In his previous comment about ESR, he said that ESR isn't a great coder and that he only contributed minor code. As for me, he wrote the FAQ on how to become a hacker. He wrote the Cathedral and the Bazaar. He's a mentor, the old wise elder who introduce a culture's customs and ways of thinking. How many hackers in the world have that kind of role of seriously influencing the intellectual trajectory of 13 year olds? Linus, Stallman, etc, doesn't seem to literally mint hackers from google search. ESR does. Say what you will about Eric Raymond being boastful, a minor code contributor, an anarchistic gun trotting nutcase and what not. I say he created hackers and people who respect hackers more than Linus and Stallman and many old longbeads will ever do.