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This comment contributes nothing to the discussion. Dave's gone ahead and written a stand-out post that reflects upon bullying in general, and in tech in parti
by watmough 15y ago
This comment contributes nothing to the discussion.
Dave's gone ahead and written a stand-out post that reflects upon bullying in general, and in tech in particular.
Why not take the reasonable viewpoint that whilst we might not agree with everything RMS does or says, he deserves enormous respect for dedicating his life to a quest that has benefited most of us in one way or another.
- wyclif 15y agoActually, I'm kind of burned out on the "bullying" meme. But the point of my comment had nothing to do with RMS, it had to do with Dave's level of self-aggrandizement. That some people on HN buy the "I invented RSS" lie is visible upstream.
- danilocampos 15y agoI'm with you. Winer is exhausting because he spends so much time trying to make sure his reader understands how impressive he is. It gets dull.
- hvs 15y agoI find it disturbing that you thinking bullying is a "meme."
- ajscherer 15y agoI disagree. This comment supports Dave's argument about as well as any comment I could imagine reading.
- lkrubner 15y agoI strongly agree with the point that wyclif is making. Dave has a bad habit of self-promotion, and he needs to be called out on it. The myth that Dave invented RSS is an especially extreme example. Back on October 4th, 2006, I wrote up a fairly thorough overview of the controversy surrounding RSS: "RSS has been damage by in-fighting among those who have developed it". I documented in detail the extent to which David Winer interfered with other people's work, while claiming credit for that work. Please read this if you do not know much about the history of this conflict: http://www.teamlalala.com/blog/2006/10/24/rss-has-been-damage-by-in-fighting-among-those-who-have-developed-it/ http://www.teamlalala.com/blog/2006/10/24/rss-has-been-damag...
- pjscott 15y agoThis comment contributes nothing to the discussion. On the contrary, it neatly illustrates what the OP is talking about.