...he's just not successful at it. Could you specify the metrics by which Stallman is not successful (esp. compared to Jobs)? If you imply some kind of compar

...he's just not successful at it. Could you specify the metrics by which Stallman is not successful (esp. compared to Jobs)? If you imply some kind of comparison involving Apple's revenues/market cap/corporate success - that's not quite right as an approach. Unless you compare such values with the overall economic effect of the GNU/FreeSoftware/OSS tools, compilers, whole Unix-like OS-es that have been freely available (also evolving during that time) for more than two decades. All this is something which empowered millions (companies, startups, individuals) and Stallman simply chose not to cash on commercial success because of his firm beliefs. I doubt Apple and Jobs would win at such a comparison. (I say this with all the respect for the great marketer and technology visionary that Jobs was.)