Emacs is his baby in a way. It is his privilege to develop it in a way that he believes is best. Much like how Linus has a decent say in what happens to Linux

Emacs is his baby in a way. It is his privilege to develop it in a way that he believes is best. Much like how Linus has a decent say in what happens to Linux. Why should RMS change how he does something because some big corporation can write a propriety editor, and a proprietary compiler? This is nothing new. There were plenty of proprietary compilers at the time the project started and that was one of the primary reasons to write it. Instead of bitching about leadership on a free software project and feeling entitled to have it changed to yours and others liking If you feel strongly that Emcas or GCC is heading down the wrong path, you are 100% free to fork it and within the limits of the license write whatever features you want, Perhaps if it is hugely successful or the features do turn out to be killer additions GNU may decide to add some to Emacs. In so far as fighting the good fight for Libre software it is the same fight he has fought for decades and the way the world has developed lately I would say most of these predictions have come true. RMS is extremely smart and extremely dedicated, and he has made a lot of sacrifices due to his principles. Yes, he is stubborn (So is Linus) and eccentric. So what? How the F can people claim to be fighting for an "inclusive society" if you can't let a guy, be a bit eccentric. If anything, we need more eccentric people in a society that is turning ever more and more homogenic. And please consider that Linux would not exist today if it was not for the GNU compiler, and a lot of the GNU free tools. Today they can be replaced but back then it was available for free. Compilers used to cost a lot of money way back when and a lot still do.