The fact is though, RMS, today in 2011, isn't helping the free software movement any more than Phelps is helping Christianity It's hard to understand the inter

The fact is though, RMS, today in 2011, isn't helping the free software movement any more than Phelps is helping Christianity It's hard to understand the internal reality that either is basing their actions on anymore, but it doesn't change the fact that they both see the world through their own singular vision which they're no longer able to coherently share with others and convince others of - they've taken their premises as axioms and just go around preaching hate to a shrinking choir and offending the rest of us with their actions If Larry Ellison had just died after his company purposely screwed up MySQL, OpenOffice, Java, Hudson, OpenSolaris ... RMSs comment would still be tasteless and inappropriate