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He is technically correct, idealistic, and uncompromising. Unfortunately that doesn't really work in the real world unless your name is Richard Stallman. It's
by kpU8efre7r 7y ago
He is technically correct, idealistic, and uncompromising. Unfortunately that doesn't really work in the real world unless your name is Richard Stallman. It's not pragmatic.
I ignore him.
- rahuldottech 7y agoI don't ignore him. There's a lot to be learnt from what he says. You may think it's too idealistic or uncompromising, but his predictions have been proven repeatedly. You should learn from him, not outright ignore him.
- omeid2 7y agoYou can ignore him but the reality that he has been impressively predicting won't ignore you. It will come for you, just a matter of time, if you keep ignoring it.
- narrator 7y agoYou know what else is technically correct, idealistic and uncompromising and works in the real world: Bitcoin. That system requires the power of a small European country to do 7 transactions a second generating a max of 1 mb of data volume every 10 minutes. That's like 1970s transaction speeds. Who the heck is ever going to use that?
- rhizome 7y agoWhat ever happened to "the best kind of correct?"
- eric_h 7y agoHe has shifted the Overton window in the direction of software freedom for a long time. That has made a huge difference in how all software developers work today. He's worth listening to as long as you don't treat him as an idol.