> Stallman did a massive disservice to his friends and the entire computing community. We are still paying for his sabotage today. I don't think I understand y

> Stallman did a massive disservice to his friends and the entire computing community. We are still paying for his sabotage today. I don't think I understand your argument here. Are you saying that free software in general hurts hackers because it provides free alternative implementations of their ideas that the original author has no control over? If so, why is it a bad thing? As patio11 would surely confirm, you can successfully compete with free and open source software.