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I seriously doubt that, it seems ad hominem attacks are used because his detractors in general don't feel they have enough to argument with and/or that their ar
by gillianseed 15y ago
I seriously doubt that, it seems ad hominem attacks are used because his detractors in general don't feel they have enough to argument with and/or that their arguments hold little weight. He, being an 'odd bird' from a social aspect makes him an easy target for these kinds of attacks. Has Steve Jobs displayed more 'humanity' than Stallman? Has Steve Ballmer? Linus Torvalds, Mark Zuckerberg?
- billpatrianakos 15y ago, Ballmer, Jobs, and Zuckerberg, and even Torvalds aren't on the font lines of advancing an agenda. And they also didn't write posts about being glad a competitor was dead the day after that death (don't even try to say Stallman didn't say he was glad, see my comment above a little ways on why that argument is total bunk). Those guys aren't looking for controversy like Stallman. They do their job, get things done, and don't whine constantly like RMS. The others you mention certainly do get their fair share of ad nominee attacks and they don't even set themselves up for it like Stallman. RMS has an appropriate last name as he really is stalling the progress of the FSF.
- nknight 15y agoThe principles articulated by the FSF are ones I broadly agree with. I have no ulterior motive (nor any real vested interest) in being a "detractor" of RMS, I simply find him to be an irredeemable ass and the worst possible spokesman for the principles he advocates. Steve Ballmer seems like kind of a jerk sometimes, but if he agreed with the principles of the FSF, I'd find him a far more palatable frontman than RMS.